From the drought of early 2023 to the floods of 2024. The Garda knows no middle ground and now, in the intensification of extreme events, has to deal with an overflowing basin. According to data from the Mincio Consortium, in the last 24 hours the lake rose by as much as six centimeters (over 20 million cubic meters of water) for a filling exceeding 100%. Today, May 16, the level stands at 136 centimeters above hydrometric zerovery different from a year ago, i.e. 16 May 2023, when Benaco stopped at 73 centimetres.
Moreover, the rain of recent days is also causing the levels of the Mincio to rise. As Aipo Mantua has decided to close the lakes of Mantua to prevent the lake levels from rising as the Po rises and therefore the lakefront with the cycle paths from being flooded.
«What happened in the last twenty-four hours must make us reflect – adds Ceresa – as further proof of how difficult it is to govern the lake, precisely due to its geomorphology, as well as the difficulty in containing it. That’s why, in my opinion it is It is essential to prevent and anticipate increasingly extreme and complex phenomenahowever and fortunately predictable in the medium and short term, given the progress of weather forecasting and its reliability”.
