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Sicily: Heatwaves Turn Floridia Into a Ghost Town

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Five years after Europe's highest temperature ever recorded, increasingly frequent and prolonged heatwaves have changed the daily lives of residents of Floridiana in Sicily, Italy. They say the extreme heat is keeping them confined to their homes, limiting their social lives and putting their incomes at risk. The record temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius, recorded in August 2021, has made the Sicilian city a symbol of climate change in Europe a…
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Five years after Europe's highest temperature ever recorded, increasingly frequent and prolonged heatwaves have changed the daily lives of residents of Floridiana in Sicily, Italy. They say the extreme heat is keeping them confined to their homes, limiting their social lives and putting their incomes at risk. The record temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius, recorded in August 2021, has made the Sicilian city a symbol of climate change in Europe a…

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www.ertnews.gr broke the news on Friday, August 21, 2026.
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