Italy is at the mercy of the weather. Seven people lost their lives the last 48 hours from the fires in the Italian south and the storms which continue in the north of the country.

In Sicily, they lost their lives because of the fires the three old men. Firefighters found two charred bodies in a house near Palermo airport. According to the information so far, the victims are said to be 77 and 75 years old.

An 88-year-old woman, with breathing and heart problems, could not be taken to hospital in time because of the fire, and died in a district of Palermo, San Martino delle Scale.

In Sicily, firefighters evacuated part of Cervello Hospital, in the city of Palermo. The flames have reached a distance of a few hundred meters from the patients’ beds. It burns, and part of the cemetery of Santa Maria Del Jesuo, always in the capital of Sicily. The flames even reached very close to his Doric temple archaeological park of Segesta (the ancient Egesta) on the northwest side of the island.

Due to the great destruction that the fires continue to cause in Sicily, the regional governor Renato Scifani previously announced that tomorrow Wednesday he will declare the island in a state of natural disaster and ask the Meloni government to declare Sicily in an emergency situation.

The local authorities of the Vieste region, in the Apulia region, ordered the evacuation of three hotel units, which host a total of about 2,000 tourists.

The flames have reached a short distance from the hotels, due to the strong wind. Strong firefighting forces are operating in the area with the assistance of volunteers. “We asked tourists to leave the hotels and head to the village. We hope the fire will be brought under control before it destroys the tourist infrastructure,” said Vieste mayor Giuseppe Nobiletti.

In Calabria, in the mountainous region of Cardetto, a disabled 98-year-old man burned inside his farmhouse, which was engulfed in flames. His daughter and son-in-law tried to carry him out of the house before the fire approached, but were unsuccessful.

In the Oliastra region of Sardinia, a 55-year-old man, a forest service contractor, while fighting to extinguish the fire, felt unwell and returned home before the end of his shift. While being examined by a family doctor, the man went into cardiac arrest and by the time a helicopter arrived to take him to the nearest hospital, he was already dead.

In northern Italy, in the greater Milan area, where downpours and heavy hail continue, a 16-year-old girl was crushed by a tree while sleeping inside her tent. along with other scouts. A 58-year-old woman also died due to a falling tree. The unfortunate woman was walking to work – in the Lissone area, north of the Italian co-capital – when she was crushed by a trunk.