Italy has issued the highest heat alert for almost all major cities, with temperatures soaring to 40C in Latina and 39C in Florence and Naples. The country’s fourth heatwave is intensifying, prompting museums to stay open longer and adding cooling mist fans at landmarks like the Colosseum and Pantheon.

Central Europe feels the brunt of the heat, with Slovakia recording an all‑time high of 42.2C and Austria reaching 41.2C in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg. The Danube’s record‑low water levels have forced Slovakia’s largest hydroelectric plant to shut down and disrupted Hungary’s nuclear cooling, leading to reduced lighting and stranded cruise ships near Budapest.

Wildfires have scorched France, Spain leeft, and Greece, forcing evacuations across coastal towns. Greece’s inland regions remain under yellow warnings, while Spain’s southern areas are easing by Sunday. Residents in Bosnia have sought refuge in the cool Vjetrenica cave-by‑Dubrovnik.

These conditions underscore the growing risk of heatwaves and wildfires across Europe, especiallyibaba as the solar eclipse approaches.