Hot weather: red dot in 18 cities today

4Red dot cities are on the rise: according to the new Ministry of Health bulletin, the number has risen from 5 p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. today, Wednesday 2 July, and Thursday 3 July. They are Ancona, Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, Campobasso (yesterday orange), Florence, Frosinone, Genoa, Latina, Milan, Palermo, Perugia, Rieti, Rome, Turin, Trieste, Verona and Viterbo.
Today in Venice it will be orange mark, while on Thursday Pescara will also be added.

Worker protection.

The Ministry of Health 'renews the invitation to citizens to carefully follow the prevention guidelines for hot weather, to consult the weather and health bulletins available on the institutional website www.salute.gov.it, and to take care of the most exposed people, such as the elderly, young children, people with chronic diseases and workers exposed to the sun'.
A framework protocol between the Ministry of Labour, companies and trade unions for the adoption of measures to contain work-related risks linked to weather emergencies in the workplace has been announced. In fact, a meeting has been convened for tomorrow afternoon - 2 July 2025 - at 5pm at the ministry in Via Flavia, where the protocol on heat will be signed in the presence of Minister Marina Calderone.
From 3 July to 31 August it will be forbidden to work outdoors between 12:30 and 16, but only in areas of Veneto where, according to scientific data updated in real time by the worklimate portal, a 'high' level of risk is detected for workers exposed to the sun and engaged in strenuous physical activity," announced the president of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia.Two workers fell ill from heat or fumes while working in Tezze sul Brenta, in the province of Vicenza. The accident occurred inside Salgaim Ecologic, a company that deals with the recovery of food waste to be used in the production of cosmetics and other products. The most serious worker was a 48-year-old citizen of Moroccan origin, who, according to an initial reconstruction, had allegedly climbed down inside an aluminium cistern - not a hole, as first learnt - to recover a piece of metal. However, carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide vapours had developed in the tank, mainly due to the heat, causing the man to faint. His colleague, who tried to rescue him, was in turn knocked unconscious. The worker is in a very serious condition in hospital in Bassano del Grappa.
"We are pleased to learn that, also in response to the united solicitations of the Veneto CGIL, CISL and UIL, the Region has started the process for the implementation of the guidelines for the protection of workers from heat and solar radiation and has scheduled for the next few days the adoption of an ordinance to protect the health and safety of workers exposed to the risks of heat stress, the contents of which we are waiting to hear. A similar measure already exists in thirteen other Italian regions. Fiom reports drops in pressure and sicknesses at Fincantieri Ancona where iron ships are produced and most of the work is flamed. There are also admissions to the infirmary for illnesses and drops in pressure'.
Fondazione Arena is responding to the torrid heat with a unique project in Italy, having entrusted a specialised company in Milan with monitoring the thermal stress of workers in the entertainment industry. A first preventive analysis has already been conducted on the costumes of three operas: Aida, Nabucco and Carmen.

The heat emergency has also exploded in Germany, where even today temperature peaks of up to 40 degrees are expected. One wonders these days whether the record recorded on 25 July 2019, when it reached 41.2 degrees in two cities in North Rhine-Westphalia, will be broken.

In Spain in June, 46 degrees were recorded in El Granado (Huelva) and 37.6°C observed at the Fabra Observatory in Barcelona - the highest temperature in 112 years. Catalonia, however, ranks as Spain's fourth autonomous community for the number of heat-related deaths. Behind Andalusia with 48 victims, Madrid with 52 and Galicia, the worst affected region, with 77 deaths.
England had the hottest June since records began in 1884, while the UK recorded the second hottest June in its history, surpassed only by June 2023. This was reported by the Guardian.