Red weather alert in Veneto and orange in Lombardy tomorrow 17 May: bad weather and thunderstorms expected

The bad weather that has been continuing for days does not leave northern Italy. For tomorrow, Friday 17 May, the Department of Civil Protection has issued a red weather alert for various areas of the Veneto due to hydraulic risk and hydrogeological risk.

In other areas of the same Veneto region the alert will be orange as well as in Lombardy due to the risk of thunderstorms. And the weather alert for Friuli Venezia Giulia is always orange due to hydrogeological risk and hydraulic risk. A yellow weather alert was then issued for eight other regions.

The fault lies once again in the intense disturbance that is affecting Northern Italy, bringing an intense phase of bad weather with heavy and abundant rain, which has caused several critical situations.

Bad weather, red alert in Veneto tomorrow 17 May

For tomorrow, Friday 17 May, the Civil Protection has therefore issued a further warning of adverse weather conditions, which extends and integrates those issued in recent days, evaluating a red weather alert in Veneto for hydraulic risk in Basso Brenta-Bacchiglione and Fratta Gorzone, Alto Brenta-Bacchiglione-Alpone and hydrogeological risk in Lower Brenta-Bacchiglione and Fratta Gorzone, Po, Fissero-Tartaro-Canalbianco and Basso Adige, Basso Piave, Sile and drainage basin into the lagoon.

Orange alert for bad weather tomorrow in Lombardy, Veneto and Friuli

For tomorrow, an orange alert has been assessed in Lombardy for hydraulic risk in the area of ​​the Milan Hydraulic Hub where the Seveso flooded and in Veneto in the area of ​​Livenza, Lemene and Tagliamento.

Due to the risk of thunderstorms, an orange weather alert will be issued in the Lombardy areas of the eastern upper plain, eastern lower plain, central-eastern lower plain and for the Veneto: Basso Brenta-Bacchiglione and Fratta Gorzone, Livenza, Lemene and Tagliamento, Adige-Garda and the Lessini mountains , Alto Brenta-Bacchiglione-Alpone, Po, Fissero-Tartaro-Canalbianco and Basso Adige, piave piave, lower Piave, Sile and lagoon drainage basin.

Still orange alert for hydrogeological risk in the Lombardy areas of the Varesine Lakes and Prealps, Lario and western Prealps, Milan Hydraulic Hub, in the Venetian areas of Livenza, Lemene and Tagliamento, Alto Piave, Adige-Garda and Lessini mountains, Alto Brenta-Bacchiglione- Alpone, Piave piedmont and in Friuli Venezia Giulia for the Isonzo basin and the Udine and Gorizia plain, the Livenza and Lemene basin.

Yellow alert tomorrow in 8 regions: the list

The national criticality and weather alert bulletin for tomorrow, Friday 17 May, also indicates a yellow alert in 8 regions. The situation will be as follows:

• Ordinary criticality for hydraulic risk / yellow alert:
  Emilia Romagna: Lower Piacenza-Parma hills, Piacenza-Parma plain
  Friuli Venezia Giulia: Tagliamento and Torre mountain basin, Isonzo basin and plain of Udine and Gorizia, Livenza and Lemene basin
  Lombardy: Central-western lowland, Eastern high plain, Central plain, Varesine lakes and pre-Alps, Lario and western pre-Alps, Western lowland
  Veneto: Adige-Garda and Lessini mountains, Po, Fissero-Tartaro-Canalbianco and Basso Adige, Piave foothills, Basso Piave, Sile and lagoon drainage basin
• Ordinary criticality due to storm risk/yellow alert:
  Emilia Romagna: Reggio Emilia plain, Modena plain, Ferrara coast, Piacenza-Parma low hills, Romagna coast, Reggio Po plain, Bologna plain, Romagna low hills and plain, Piacenza-Parma plain, Ferrara plain
  Friuli Venezia Giulia: Levante / Karst basin, Tagliamento and Torre mountain basin, Isonzo basin and plain of Udine and Gorizia, Livenza and Lemene basin
  Lombardy: Central-Western Lower Plain, Central Plain, Lakes and Eastern Pre-Alps, Lario and Western Pre-Alps, Bergamo Orobie, Lower Western Plain, Hydraulic Hub of Milan
  Brands: Marc-6, Marc-2, Marc-4
  Tuscany: Etruria, Valdelsa-Valdera, Lower Valdarno, Serchio-Garfagnana-Lima, Arno-Casentino, Serchio-Costa, Upper Arno-Valdarno, Arno-Florence, Arno-Costa, Bisenzio and Ombrone Pt, Etruria-North Coast, Lunigiana, Mugello-Val di Sieve, Reno, Romagna-Tuscany, Serchio-Lucca, Versilia, Ombrone Gr-Alto
  Trentino Alto Adige: Autonomous Province of Trento, Autonomous Province of Bolzano
  Veneto: Upper Piave
• Ordinary criticality for hydrogeological risk/yellow alert:
  Friuli Venezia Giulia: Eastern / Karst basin, Tagliamento and Torre mountain basin
  Lombardy: Central-western lowland, Eastern high plain, Central plain, Eastern lakes and pre-Alps, Bergamo Orobie, Eastern lowland, Central-eastern lowland, Western lowland
  Piedmont: Turin Plain and Hills, Toce, Val Sesia, Cervo and Chiusella, Northern Plain
  Tuscany: Etruria, Valdelsa-Valdera, Lower Valdarno, Serchio-Garfagnana-Lima, Arno-Casentino, Serchio-Costa, Upper Arno-Valdarno, Arno-Florence, Arno-Costa, Bisenzio and Ombrone Pt, Etruria-North Coast, Lunigiana, Mugello-Val di Sieve, Reno, Romagna-Tuscany, Serchio-Lucca, Versilia, Ombrone Gr-Alto
  Trentino Alto Adige: Autonomous Province of Trento, Autonomous Province of Bolzano

Weather, forecast for Friday 17 May

For tomorrow, Friday 17 May, the weather will be mostly sunny in the centre-south, apart from some scattered clouds over central-northern Tuscany. Clearances also in central-eastern Emilia Romagna, coasts and the southern sector of Veneto.

But throughout the rest of the North we will have cloudy weather, with the possibility of isolated rain and brief thunderstorms along the Alps, western Piedmont and Friuli Venezia Giulia.