Water reserves are being depleted rapidly in northern Italy, with farming under threat, as the region's main river dries up, local officials warned on Friday.

Deadly wildfires are unfortunately common in Italy's summer months. Here's some advice if you happen to see one, and tips for how you can help to prevent them.

As Italian summers bring increasingly intense and long-lasting heatwaves, attitudes are slowly (and reluctantly) changing toward AC. The main hang-up? How to use it without getting sick.

Hundreds of lion gargoyles designed by Michelangelo have been restored to their Renaissance glory in Rome's Palazzo Farnese, which houses the French embassy, restorers and officials said on Friday.

The July heatwave is just getting started, forecasters say. But is it likely to go on for as long as the last one?