Rain and bad weather hit the capital. Traffic was haywire in the morning in Rome, where ice covered some streets of the city and neighboring municipalities.
This morning hail on the streets of the Trionfale district and on the right, the photo through the glass of a car: icy road on the junction between Bufalotta and Flaminia (Meteo Roma Facebook Group).
Bad weather hits the capital in this Wednesday 24 April 2024. Since the early hours of this morning, strong thunderstorms, water bombs, sudden downpours and the cold have awakened the citizens of the capital and brought disruption and rain to the entire city and surrounding areas. Thermal collapse in the city with temperatures that reached less than ten degrees in the early hours of the day. Cold and showers today in Lazio. The Civil Protection has issued a yellow weather alert.
Flooding in Rome due to bad weather: the areas affected
“In Ostia 9 degrees, 81% humidity, wind at 18km/h, thunder, lightning and rain”, writes a user on the Meteo Roma Facebook group. And under the post everyone comments on the situation their neighborhood is experiencing. In the historic center of the city, the district Parione, which hosts the Campo de’ Fiori market and Piazza Navona, woke up to a strong hailstorm. But the rainfall also reached other areas of the capital.
“Trastevere It’s been pouring since 4, thunder and lightning”, writes a user of the Facebook group. Another also comments: “Magliana it’s raining and cold”, and again: “4.40 am icy road on the junction at the height between the Bufalotta and the Flaminia“. But the situation seems to be the same everywhere: “Ardea heavy rain, thunder and hail”, writes a user adding a sad emoji. There are those who mention Mentana, Fregene, Lanuvio: there are those who describe the situation to Cerveteri. But also going towards the area Hell or towards the south the situation does not change, as they say from Nettuno and Anzio. They are also under the grip of bad weather in the neighborhoods of Trionfale, Cipro and Balduina in Rome.
Rain and thunderstorms in Rome: flooded roads and haywire traffic in the capital
Weather, forecasts in Rome and Lazio for the next few days
Bad weather continues in the city of Rome and the Lazio region. Today there is still a yellow alert. In the meantime, at least for tomorrow, Thursday 25 April, the risk of rain seems to have been eliminated.
But this truce does not last long. And second il Meteo.itthere is a risk of sudden thunderstorms at the beginning of the weekend, Friday 26 April: in addition to the rain, there will be some clear spells in the afternoon hours.
