Storms and wildfires kill seven in Italy as extreme weather continues
by Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and Angela Giuffrida in R from Environment | The Guardian on (#6D8MJ)
Three people killed in Sicily fires and four in northern storms as hundreds forced to flee homes
Seven people have died in the past 24 hours as two extreme weather events split Italy between wildfires in the south and violent storms in the north.
Fires in Sicily caused the temporary closure of Palermo airport after temperatures in the city climbed to 47C on Monday.
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