'A horrible way to die': extreme heat in Italy takes workers' lives as temperatures pass 40C

Factory workers and labourers call for furlough as heat becomes too intense to work inStefano Olmastroni, a cleaner, had been tidying shelves in a supermarket selling farm produce in Florence shortly before he died on 13 July, when Italy was in the midst of an anticyclone called Cerberus that pushed temperatures beyond 40C.Earlier in the day, the 61-year-old told relatives that he was struggling to work in the heat and was feeling sluggish. He was looking forward to resting on his day off the day after. Continue reading...