Italy's Heatwave Push Temperatures To European Record

ROME, ITALY - JULY 19 Tourists with umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun at Colosseo area (Colosseum), during the ongoing heat wave with temperatures reaching 40 degrees on July 19, 2023 in Rome, Italy. The government has issued red alerts for 23 cities due to the current heatwave, which the Italian Meteorological Society named Cerberus, the mythical creature who guarded the gates of the underworld. Many places in Italy have seen successive days over 40C. on July 19, 2023 in Rome, Italy.