My Cousin the Saint | Justin Catanoso » Italian heat wave http://www.justincatanoso.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 It’s hot http://www.justincatanoso.com/2009/05/27/its-hot/ http://www.justincatanoso.com/2009/05/27/its-hot/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 21:25:52 +0000 justin http://www.justincatanoso.com/?p=339 News reports out of Rome say: “Italy is bracing for a sizzling weekend and health alerts have been issued for 19 cities due to the unusually high heat and humidity. The country currently finds itself at the center of a high pressure system which is ushering hot and sand-filled air from the Sahara.”

Among the cities suffering the most: level 2 alerts for Catania, Messina, Reggio Calabria and Venice – while the highest ‘level 3′ alert has been issued for Florence, Latina, Perugia and Rome.

When I was in Reggio three summers ago during June, it didn’t rain once and the temperature routinely topped 100 degrees.

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