<span style="color: #222222;">Two women were killed and a 16-year-old boy seriously injured as severe storms battered the northern part of Italy overnight, while a wildfire in Sicily forced the temporary closure of Palermo airport.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">With much of southern Italy still reeling under a severe heatwave, the overnight storm in Milan tore off roofs and uprooted hundreds of trees, blocking roads, smashing parked cars and disrupting overground transportation in the Italian financial capital.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In the northern Monza and Brescia provinces, two women were killed after being crushed by falling trees, while a teenager was seriously injured when he was hit by a falling branch in the Veneto region.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In other parts of Italy, the heatwave engulfing southern Europe maintained its grip, with 16 Italian cities on red alert today because of the high temperatures.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In some parts of eastern Sicily, temperatures rose to 47.6 degrees Celsius yesterday, close to a record European high of 48.8 degrees Celsius recorded on the island two years ago.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Palermo's airport operator said, flights were able to take off and land again later today after a nearby wildfire had earlier put it out of action.</span><br />