Wildfires and violent storms take the life of a teenage girl in Italy as heatwaves continue to affect much of southern Europe.
Ednews informs via Euronews that wildfires in Sicily forced the closure of the Italian island's main airport in Palermo for several hours on Tuesday.
Some houses have been engulfed in flames and people have been moved from their homes as a precaution.
In Catania, in the east of the island, the recorded temperature reached 47.6 degrees Celsius on Monday.