He Coliseum and the St. Peter’s Square in the Vaticantwo of the most emblematic places in Rome and through which tens of thousands of tourists pass every day, have surpassed the 50 degrees centigrade on their surfaces in real time, when the capital is this Friday in red alert due to the heat wave that is hitting the country. A video with infrared camera captured the intense heat that hits the most important city in Italy.
Thanks to the use of a infrared thermal camera which allowed them to record temperatures in real time, members of the NGO Greenpeace Italy They took to the streets of Rome and They detected more than 50 degrees on the surfaces of the Colosseum and St. Peter’s Square, which are visited every day by about 25,000 people.
Another point where 50 degrees were exceeded on the first day of summer this Thursday was the largest train station in the Italian capital, Endthrough which more than 450,000 travelers pass daily, explained the NGO.
“Thousands of tourists, travelers and residents are subjected to extreme temperatures, dangerous conditions for their health.”, which “could have negative effects not only on risk health groups such as children and the elderly, but also on healthy and active people,” he said in a statement.
The city is on red alert due to a heat wave this Fridaywhen it is expected that a maximum temperature of 37 degrees is reachedaccording to the Italian Ministry of Health, which also warns of the maximum level of high alert in seven other Italian cities: Ancona, Campobaso, Frosinone, Latina, Perugia, Rieti, in the north, and in the south, Palermo.
According to the NGO, It is an effect of climate changewell “the current temperature in several Italian cities would have been highly unlikely without the warming caused by human activitiessuch as the exploitation of fossil fuels.”
Rome recorded a temperature increase of 7.3°C compared to the values that would have been measured in a world without a climate crisis and other cities such as Perugia, Palermo and Trento experienced increases of 5.7°C, 7.3°C and 4.0°C. 7º C respectively, according to Greenpeace.
“The temperature of the planet continues to increase and the scientific community warns that heat waves are increasingly likely and intense due to the climate crisis, aggravated by the irresponsibility of large oil companies,” the NGO added.
(With information from EFE)
