Italy: Sicily beats Europe's all-time heat record amid 'Lucifer' heatwave

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Sicilians in shared their reactions in Floridia on Thursday following an unprecedented temperature recording as the region faces the ‘Lucifer’ heatwave.
In one area within the Syracuse province, authorities have claimed that temperatures hit 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday.
The incident, which is yet to be independently verified, is likely to have beat a heat record in Europe.
The Mayor of Floridia, Marco Carianni, described the latest record as “unthinkable” as the municipality continues to implement measures to reduce fire outbreak risks.
“In the first two weeks of June, we cleaned up all the landlocked lots owned by the municipality, requiring private individuals to do so as well, precisely to prevent these lots from becoming grounds for fires”, explained Carianni.
“Throughout Sicily, but especially in Calabria, we have seen a truly dramatic fire situation”, added Carianni.
According to one account told by a resident, “people were dropping like pears” as a result of yesterday’s heat.
Firefighters in Sicily and the nearby region of Calabria tended to hundreds of fire incidents on the day of the record-breaking heat.

TRANSLATIONS:

SOT, Marco Carianni, Mayor of Floridia (Italian): “Yesterday the city was deserted, we didn’t have any kind of difficulties. We didn’t see the presence of either young or old people. After 8 pm some started to populate the square but before, all citizens decided to spend their record day by the air conditioner.”

SOT, Marco Carianni, Mayor of Floridia (Italian): “For the past two weeks or so we’ve been recording quite high temperatures, at the end of July we were recording around 41 degrees (Celsius), but it was unthinkable that it would reach 48.8 (degrees Celsius). Clearly, the actions we are deploying are more related to control and prevention activities. In the first two weeks of June, we cleaned up all the landlocked lots owned by the municipality, requiring private individuals to do so as well, precisely to prevent these lots from becoming grounds for fires. Throughout Sicily, but especially in Calabria, we have seen a truly dramatic fire situation.”

SOT, Sebastiano, Kiosk staff (Italian): “Yesterday the heat was really bad. People were dropping like pears. You know the fruit when it comes off the tree? So, they walked and would fall because they felt sick. Two ambulances, first aid… Finally a guy came along, T-shirt on his head, all buff… Boom, he fell down, 12 stitches to the head. And that’s it.”

SOT, Fabrizio, Beachgoer (Italian): “Here on the beach people couldn’t breathe, the water was boiling, the temperature after lunch peaked at 48 degrees (Celsius). Floridia, one of the villages nearby, was the hottest ever. You couldn’t breathe. This has never happened in 30 years. We’ve had muggy weather, torrid heat, but it’s never happened before.”

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