The Italian capital registered a record high temperature of 41.8 deg C on Tuesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ROME - Soaring temperatures across Italy are taking a heavy toll on the homeless as they struggle to stay cool on the streets during the heatwave.
In Rome, a homeless middle-aged man named Antonio, who sleeps near the city’s iconic Trevi Fountain, collapsed earlier this week, exhausted by days of relentless heat. “I fainted and woke up in an ambulance,” he said, sitting on a stool on a sidewalk as Red Cross volunteers handed him bottles of cold water during an operation to help the city’s homeless as the heatwave continues.
Finding shade and keeping water cold are among the biggest problems, said Francesco, another homeless man, explaining how he wrapped his water bottle in plastic bags to keep it cooler for longer.of 41.8 deg C on Tuesday, has brought other problems for people sleeping rough or scraping a living by busking or begging.
“Lately, the streets have been quite deserted due to the hot days, and I haven’t been able to make much money as a street musician,” said Wlad, a Russian with a pet white rabbit on his shoulder, as he took a break from playing his guitar in Rome’s Via del Corso street.Other southern European countries such as Greece and Spain have
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