Weekend marked by heat, with 16 Italian cities that will be marked today with the orange dot which indicates the maximum health risk due to the heat for the most fragile segment of the population, according to the Ministry of Health’s heat wave bulletin.
Cities in ‘orange’ drop to 9 tomorrow, Sunday 30 June.
The 16 Italian citiesof the 27 taken into consideration, marked today with level 2 (orange dot) on a scale from 0 (green dot, no heat risk) to 3 (red dot, maximum heat risk for the entire population, not just the vulnerable), are: Ancona, Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, Campobasso, Florence, Frosinone, Latina, Palermo, Perugia, Pescara, Rieti, Rome, Trieste, Verona and Viterbo.
Orange cities tomorrow I am instead Ancona, Campobasso, Catania, Messina, Palermo, Perugia, Pescara, Reggio Calabria, Rieti.
Heatstroke: Man dies in Varese area
The sun is probably the cause of the death of a 41-year-old man, who died after being transported by helicopter to the hospital in Legnano (Milan). It is possible that heat stroke was fatal. The incident happened around 5pm yesterday along the Sempione in Sesto Calende (Varese). Some passers-by provided first aid. The man was collapsed on the ground in a state of confusion.
112 and the Carabinieri from the Sesto Calende station quickly intervened on site. The 41-year-old, resident in the Gallaretese area, was moved to the shade while ice was recovered from a nearby restaurant to try to lower his very high body temperature.
Given the situation, the medical staff arranged for transport to the hospital where the man arrived in cardiac arrest and where he died shortly after being admitted to the Emergency Room. As mentioned, the heat and high humidity could have significantly contributed to the illness.
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