Italy heat wave risks power cuts

Thursday, 26 April 2007
From BBC News (UK)

Italy's government is facing calls to introduce a state of emergency to fight the threat of power cuts following the mildest winter since records began.

With summer still weeks away, rivers and lakes in the worst-affected North of the country have never been drier.

It is being taken as the latest sign that Italy could find itself on the frontline of the global warming war.

Now even the Vatican is taking the problem seriously, organising a conference to address the issue.

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