Italy continues to experience a prolonged heatwave. The Ministry of Health bulletin reports 19 out of 27 monitored cities under red alert for the following day, including Rome, Bologna, and Naples. Five cities are moving from yellow to orange alert: Brescia, Milan, Trieste, Venice, and Verona.

In northern areas, particularly across Alpine and Apennine ranges and toward the Piedmont plains, locally intense thunderstorms are providing some hours of relief. The Civil Protection has issued a yellow alert for heat storms in four central-southern regions. According to forecasts, from August 11 to 17 high pressure will return across the entire country, with peaks of 39 degrees in Rome and 37-38 degrees in Milan. Elevated temperatures are expected to persist beyond Ferragosto, with tropical nights in several areas.

Professor Walter Pregliasco, as reported by multiple news outlets, has estimated that the heatwave could cause up to 8,000 excess deaths by the end of summer 2026. The Italian Society of Emergency Medicine and the hospital physicians' union Anaao Assomed have reported an increase in emergency room visits by vulnerable individuals, largely linked to high temperatures, amid a context of medical staff shortages.

Prolonged drought and high temperatures have fueled vegetation fires in several regions. In Tuscany, fires have been reported in the province of Grosseto, near Massa Marittima, and in the municipality of Anghiari, in the province of Arezzo, along with fires under containment at Firenzuola and in the Pineta di Levante between Viareggio and Torre del Lago. In Friuli-Venezia Giulia, firefighting operations continue in the Gorizia area, in the municipalities of Ronchi dei Legionari and between Monfalcone and San Giovanni di Duino, with State Road 14 still closed in one section. In Piedmont, near Alessandria, a woodland fire in the Mornese area has expanded, with a Canadair aircraft deployed and a farmhouse evacuated in Bosio.

In France, the return of the canicule has been reported, indicating a broader extreme weather pattern affecting Western Europe.