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"Seven people have died in the past 24 hours as two extreme weather events
split Italy between wildfires in the south and violent storms in the north.
Fires in Sicily caused the temporary closure of Palermo airport after
temperatures in the city climbed to 47C on Monday.
An 88-year-old woman was reported to have died on Tuesday in San Martino delle
Scale, a few miles from the Sicilian capital, after disruption caused by the
fires prevented emergency services from reaching her in time. In the afternoon,
the bodies of two people, aged around 75 and 77, were found in a house hit by a
wildfire in Cinisi, near the airport.
Authorities closed part of the motorway as more than 55 wildfires were reported
on the island. Hundreds of firefighters from other regions in Italy were due to
arrive to help battle the flames.
“We have never seen anything like it,” a San Martino delle Scale resident told
Italy’s
Ansa news agency. “We were surrounded by fire. We could not go
anywhere. We spent the night in the square. These were terrible moments.”
The storms in Lombardy claimed four lives, including that of a 16-year-old girl
who was killed during a camping trip in Cedelogo when a tree fell on her tent.
A 58-year-old woman died after being crushed by a tree in Monza and a couple,
both aged 19, died after the driver lost control of their car on a slippery
road in Varese."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
