Extreme Cold Hits Italy Following Severe Storms

Record temperatures as low as -20 degrees Celsius were recorded in the Alto Adige region as Italy faces a severe polar disturbance.Klaus Unterweger warned that the extreme cold poses significant health risks like hypothermia while yellow and orange alerts remain in place through January 5.The freezing conditions follow violent storms in Rome and bora winds reaching 100 kilometers per hour in Trieste that disrupted transport and caused structural damage.