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Europe’s Scorching Summer Crisis | Rochester News
Europe is baking under a record-breaking heat wave, with Italy placing all 27 major cities on its highest heat alert as temperatures soar past 104°F. Beyond discomfort, this is a serious public health crisis, exposing systemic vulnerabilities: power grids are buckling, transport grinding to a halt, and tourism scrambling to adapt. Rome’s Colosseum stays open later and has even created a temporary urban beach to cool crowds. Slovakia shattered its record at 108°F, forcing its hydroelectric plant to shut down 7 of 8 turbines. Hungary’s nuclear plant is struggling with dangerously low Danube…
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