Homeless try to cope in sweltering heat in Rome

(18 Jul 2023)
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Rome, Italy - 14 July 2023
1. Red Cross volunteers talking to homeless people in tents on Tiber river bank
HEADLINE: Homeless try to cope in sweltering heat in Rome
2. Wide of road next to river bank
3. Homeless man Settimio (no family name given) receives a tea from volunteer
ANNOTATION: Hundreds, possibly thousands of homeless people are left to cope with the heat by themselves as Italy experiences a brutally hot week, authorities said.
4. Settimio talks with a volunteer
ANNOTATION: 58-year-old Settimio has been without accommodation for several years and has no income or relatives to turn to for help.
5. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Settimio (no family name given), homeless man:
“What can you do? There is nothing you can do. For example in the hottest hours I go on a bus or on the metro. I try to catch the ones with the air conditioning on and I go around few times. Then later in afternoon, around 4pm, I try to go to a park to seek shade.”
6. Various of Red Cross volunteers loading van with water bottles
7. Van driving through city
ANNOTATION: Red Cross volunteers pack extra bottles of water as they go through Rome's city center, in search of those who might need assistance.
8. Red Cross volunteer speaking with Settimio
9. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Andrea Piras, Red Cross volunteer:
“Heat brings a series of other issues with it. People have for example, worse skin problems. They suffer more from fatigue. They are weaker. It’s harder for them to do everything.”
10. Various of Settimio drinking tea
ANNOTATION: Italian authorities have intensified heat warnings as temperatures were expected to top 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
STORYLINE:
Hundreds, possibly thousands of homeless people are left to cope with the heat by themselves as Italy experiences a brutally hot week, authorities said.
58-year-old Settimio has been without accommodation for several years and has no income or relatives to turn to for help.
Settimio said there is nothing he can do during the day other than seek comfort by catching a bus or a train and taking a few rides during the peak of the heat.
At sunset, Red Cross volunteers pack extra bottles of water as they go through Rome's city centre, in search of those who might need assistance.
Italian authorities have intensified heat warnings as temperatures were expected to top 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
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[@skullandbones1832]

Another day in paradise Phil Collins 1989 🙏

[@jazziejackie7206]

This is Rome where is the Pope and why is he not helping or is there help only to young boys.