In some parts of Sicily, temperatures reached 47.4 Celsius (117.3 Fahrenheit) on Monday, edging close to the European temperature record of 48.8 degrees Celsius, set in 2021.

Likely the best-known city in Sicily, Palermo sits on the northern side of the island along the Tyrrhenian Sea. The capital city boasts several beaches with white sand butting up against dark rocks.

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Sicily, Italy, is in a state of emergency over the worst drought the country has seen in 20 years. Water rations are so strict that hotel and inn owners are turning tourists away.