A wave of storms was causing a different type of extreme-weather trouble in Italy on Thursday following the deadly heatwave the country has been enduring over the last two weeks. (ANSA)

The long heatwave that had been linked to a number of deaths in Italy is starting to loosen its grip, with the number of the 27 big cities on red alert dropping from 25 to 21 on…

Relief from Italy’s scorching heat is imminent, forecasters say, but most of the country will have to weather severe storms before temperatures fall.

A wave of storms was causing a different type of extreme-weather trouble in Italy on Thursday following the deadly heatwave the country has been enduring over the last two weeks.…

Parts of northern and central Italy were hit by violent storms on Wednesday and Thursday as a cold front brought temporary relief from the extreme heat.