One New wave of extreme heat He hit on the Southern Italybringing with it temperatures to the limit of the human endurance. A African anticyclone He is responsible for the hot air that is affecting regions such as Puglia, Basilicata, Sicily And Sardiniawhere the 44 degrees in the shade and you reach the 46 ° C in some areas of the hinterland. According to experts, the risk is that You touch, or even exceed, the European temperature recordcurrently stopped a 48.8 ° C Register in Floridia (in Syracusan) in 2021.
High temperatures are increasingly frequent and less suitable for life and reap victims. In Europe, an exceptional wave of heat caused 2,300 deaths in Europe between June and July 2025, of which 65% attributable directly to the climatic crisis (and Milan is the most affected city with 317 deaths linked precisely to global warming.
An Italy divided in two by the advance climatic crisis
While the South blames under an relentless sun, the Northern Italy is continuously facing torrential rains, hail And sudden storms. This climatic dichotomy is the daughter of global warmingwhich alters the normal seasonal balances.
In the northern areas unstable air masses connected to a cyclone on northern Europe They collide with hot air from Africa, generating a potentially dangerous mix.
The risk of extreme weather events
The most serious effects will register between Piedmont, Lombardy and the Alpine areawhere weather phenomena are expected violent: strong gusts of wind, beyond 150 mm of rain in a few hoursand the possibility of landslide And local floods. In particular, the worsening is expected between Thursday and Friday, a passage of cold air from North to South will lower the temperatures of about 10 degrees.
Experts speak of a Increase in frequency and intensity of these events, which can no longer be considered exceptional, but symptomatic of one Climatic crisis in progress. An extreme scenario that has little to do with the Mediterranean climate.
