Hot, a break from the heat over the weekend: tomorrow the coolest day

Yellow sticker only in Bolzano, Perugia and Rome

On the first weekend of summer - the solstice falls this year at 4.42 am today, Saturday 21 June - the great sultriness and African heat will grant a truce . The heat wave bulletin of the Ministry of Health, which yesterday indicated a risk level 2 (orange dot) in Bolzano, Brescia, Perugia and Rome, fades over the weekend, predicting milder temperatures. Only green (zero risk) and yellow dot: pre-alert level 1 is expected today in 10 cities and tomorrow, Sunday 22 June, only in 3. Today Bolzano, Brescia, Florence, Frosinone, Latina, Naples, Perugia, Rieti, Rome and Viterbo will be in yellow; tomorrow only Bolzano, Perugia and Rome will remain in yellow .

Regarding the weather alert, the Functional Centre for Monitoring Natural Risks of the Lombardy Region has issued a yellow (ordinary) weather alert for the risk of thunderstorms starting at midnight. This was announced by the Municipality of Milan, underlining that during the weather alert, particular attention must be paid near the areas at risk of flooding of the two rivers and underpasses.

From Monday the number 1500 will be active for advice to citizens

The anti-heat number 1500 is back. From Monday 23 June, the public utility service managed by the Ministry of Health in synergy with Inail will be active, to provide information to citizens on how to protect themselves from the heat. The number 1500 is free and operators will answer from Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm.

The 1500 - explains the Lungotevere Ripa department - offers useful advice for the prevention of the effects of heat on health, with particular reference to the most fragile people; orientation to services in the territory activated by the Regions and Municipalities; information for the protection of the health of workers engaged in outdoor activities to reduce the risks from sun exposure; medical health counseling through the collaboration of the health managers of the Ministry of Health.

The number 1500 is in addition to the activities already implemented by the Ministry of Health with the Summer Hot Plan 2025, operational since the end of May, a note recalls. From Monday to Friday, until mid-September, you can consult the bulletins on heat waves on the ministry website. The Hot Plan, like every year, uses the daily mortality surveillance system and the emergency room access surveillance system that allow for the timely identification of health emergency situations and the activation of prevention interventions on the population. The decalogue for protecting yourself from heat waves can also be consulted on the ministry website: https://www.salute.gov.it/new/it/tema/ondate-di-calore/dieci-consigli-utili/.

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