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A screen displays the weather forecast during a hot summer day in central Milan, Italy, August 22, 2023. /CFP
Italy's northern city of Milan registered a new record high average daily temperature of 33 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, as a heat wave which began around mid-August reached its peak, the regional environmental protection agency (ARPA) said on Friday.
It was the hottest day since the Milano Brera weather station started recording temperatures in 1763. Milan's previous record of 32.8 degrees Celsius was set on August 11, 2003.
A boy stands near a floating pier on the banks of Lake Maggiore, which drops by three centimeters every day, Italy, August 22, 2023. /CFP
The Italian capital Rome registered a record peak of 41.8 degrees Celsius in July, as much of southern Europe broiled this summer, fueling wildfires, prompting governments to issue health warnings and disrupting holidays for many tourists.
ARPA said in a statement that August 23 and 24 have been the hottest days of the summer across the whole of the Lombardy region which surrounds Milan, with several towns registering peak temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius.
A man and two children walk on rocks between Isola Bella and Scoglio della Malgera in Stresa on Lake Maggiore where the level of the water is low due to drought, limiting a part of the tourist navigation, Italy, August 22, 2023. /CFP
It added that "intense and abnormal" temperatures also hit the Italian Alps. The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range in south-central Europe.
The heat wave is about to end though, the agency said, giving way to heavy thunderstorms and a sharp drop in temperatures of up to 10 to 15 degrees Celsius early next week.
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