(11 Jul 2024)
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Rome, Italy – 11 July 2024
1. Various of people trying to cool down at Trevi fountain
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dennis Mix, American tourist:
“It is really affecting me. We are on a private tour, we just skipped one of the stops. We stayed in the van because it is too hot for us.”
3. Various of people trying to cool down at Trevi fountain
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Vatican City – 11 July 2024
4. Various of tourists queuing at fountain and drinking in St. Peter’s Square
5. American tourist with fan
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Johanne Esposito, American tourist:
“I have my fan and I got my wet cloth. So, yeah, it is hot.”
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Belgrade, Serbia – 11 July 2024
7. Various of people using fountains
STORYLINE:
Weather alerts, forest fires, melting pavement in cities: A sizzling heat wave has sent temperatures in parts of central and southern Europe soaring toward 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places.
From Italy to Romania, authorities warned people to be cautious, drive carefully if going on holiday, drink plenty of water and avoid going out during the hottest hours of the day.
Italian authorities declared a red weather alert in seven cities on Thursday, mostly in the central parts of the country but also the capital Rome and Trieste in the northeast.
Rome’s municipal authorities issued a digital app to help people locate public drinking fountains as temperatures reached 38C (100F) on Thursday.
Dennis Mix, a visitor from the United States, said he skipped part of a planned tour of Rome and stayed in a van instead. “It is really affecting me,” he said.
The heat conditions are aggravated by humidity and could affect healthy people as well as those with health conditions, Italian authorities warned.
Similar warnings were issued in neighboring Croatia and further east and south.
In Serbia, officials reported record temperatures so far this summer, with thermostats at 35C (95F) Thursday morning in the north of the country.
In the capital Belgrade, doctors reported treating people who collapsed, felt dizzy or complained of headaches due to the heat.
Serbian authorities have said that the use of air conditioning led to huge power consumption similar to levels normally seen in winter, when many in the Balkan country use electricity for heating.
Experts say human-induced climate change has brought wild weather swings, increasingly unpredictable storms and heat waves.
AP video shot by: Paulo Lucariello, Paolo Santalucia and Ivana Bzganovic
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