New waves of heat are expected in European countries, especially in Italy, where about 20 major cities have been alerted this weekend and in France, facing “serious” fires in the southeast.

The Italian Ministry of Health has put, among other things, Rome and Venice in a “red” alarm because of a level of heat that is likely to have “effects on the health of people who are in good shape and not just vulnerable populations”. In 2021, Italy had broke the temperature record for mainland Europe, reaching 48.8 degrees Celsius, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

In France, four regions in the Mediterranean region (Bush Di Ron, Guar, Eros and Eastern Pyrenees) were set at 13.00 in Greece at an orange alarm for heatwaves, it was known by the country’s meteorological service, with the “aggravating factor” of its “aggravating factor”. choking at night. “

Temperatures between 35 and 38 degrees Celsius, locally 39 degrees Celsius, are forecast, mainly inland.

The heat could deteriorate further and, above all, expand to the rest of the country, Météo-France explains. Tomorrow, temperatures in the morning will range between 10 and 26 degrees Celsius, near the Mediterranean, before reaching 34 to 38 degrees Celsius, locally 40 degrees Celsius.

In France, 14 apartments were declared an orange alarm.

It is an “early heatwave episode”, whose duration and gradual expansion to the north impose a “particular vigilance”, Météo-France underlined.

For days, municipal, regional authorities and fire department have been intensifying recommendations and warnings.

France’s second largest city, Marseilles announced that admission will be free of the municipal pools until the end of extreme phenomena.

In Provence, which is the most exposed region in the risk of a forest fire in Metropolitan France, 14 forest areas of a total of 26 were closed, with a “strict ban” of entering them.

This heat wave also affects southern Spain, where temperatures will exceed 40 degrees Celsius tomorrow Saturday.

Spain is also preparing to live the first wave of summer heat, which will start tomorrow and push mercury to 42 degrees Celsius in the southern part of the country.

The worst days will be Sunday and Monday, when the thermometers show more than 40 degrees Celsius in the southern, central and east of the country, the AMET meteorological service warned.

Minimum temperatures will not drop below 25 degrees Celsius in the southern part of Spain.

In Portugal, two -thirds in the country will be an orange alarm on Sunday, with 42 degrees Celsius forecast in Lisbon and a maximum risk of fires.

The Balkans are also facing the first wave of heat of the year.

In Serbia, maximum temperatures yesterday ranged between 36 and 39 degrees Celsius, almost 10 degrees Celsius above average, the country’s meteorological service warned.