The officials of Italy met this Monday to face the problems of water shortage and power outages affecting hundreds of thousands of Sicilians as a result of the heat wave with temperatures exceeding 45 degrees.
The Minister of Civil Protection, Nello Musumeciorganized this meeting in Catania (Sicily) located in the east of the island, since the local mayor stated that the city “was on its knees” after the power outages started last week.
The heat waves that affected southern europe last week continue in Sicily, where the Catania civil protection announced yesterday a temperature of 47.6 degrees.
Catania and its surroundings were affected by the power cuts that left some 500,000 people without electricityaccording to the spokesman for the municipality.
Blackouts in Sicily due to extreme heat wave
The company e-distributiona subsidiary of the Italian energy giant Enel that controls the electricity distribution in Cataniasaid in a statement that damage to buried cables are due to the humidity given that “The temperature of the asphalt is burning and has been approaching 50 degrees for weeks.”
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The power outages caused cuts in the water supply for some 200,000 to 300,000 peoplespecified the manager of the Sidra water networkadding that this morning the problem was fixed.
Forest fires affect the Italian region of Calabria
In various areas of Calabria, the southernmost part of the Italian peninsula, there were fires in forests and vegetation after temperatures rose last week.
The fire teams of the regions of Campania and Lazioas well as the Sicilian city of messinaThey had to intervene.
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While, on the Greek island of Rhodesthousands of tourists and residents they fled a forest fire and many were evacuated from the beaches in private boats while the flames threatened resorts and seaside towns.
Source: Ambito
