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Discovery #093 — July 18, 2026
Italy’s Red Heat Alert List Has Grown to Nearly 20 Cities, Including Rome — the Country Runs an Official Color-Coded Heat Bulletin Almost No Visitor Knows to Check
TRAVEL / CURRENT EVENTS • EPIC
Italy’s health ministry has seen the number of cities on its maximum red heat alert grow to nearly 20, including Rome, over the past week, as the country’s third heatwave of the summer peaks — Florence and Perugia have now logged nine straight days at that level. Few visitors realize Italy runs a daily, official, color-coded heat bulletin (Level 1 yellow, Level 2 orange, Level 3 red) covering 27 cities. Here’s how the system works, what the real health toll has been so far, and what a meteorologist who just traveled through Rome and Florence during this same stretch of heat learned about actually staying safe.
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