6.36pm – Sunday 9 June 2024
(The following text is taken entirely from the press note sent to the Opinion Agency) –
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Bad weather: orange alert in Lombardy. More rain and thunderstorms in the north, yellow alert in four regions. A new disturbed impulse, of Atlantic origin, rapidly approaching the northern regions of our country, will bring further conditions of instability, between today’s evening and tomorrow’s day, with predominantly thunderstorm precipitations, locally also of strong intensity, especially on Lombardy and Triveneto
Based on the available forecasts, the civil protection department in agreement with the regions involved – which is responsible for activating the civil protection systems in the territories concerned – has issued a further warning of adverse weather conditions, which integrates and extends the one issued yesterday. The weather phenomena, impacting the different areas of the country, could determine hydrogeological and hydraulic criticalities which are reported, in a national summary, in the national criticality and alert bulletin which can be consulted on the department website (www.protezionecivile.gov.it).
The warning forecasts from today afternoon, Sunday 9 June, scattered to widespread precipitation, with a prevalent downpour or thunderstorm character, over Veneto and the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano, in addition to the persistence of these phenomena in Lombardy. The events will be accompanied by heavy showers, frequent lightning strikes, local hailstorms and strong gusts of wind. On the basis of the expected and ongoing phenomena, an orange alert has been assessed for tomorrow, Monday 10 June, due to the risk of thunderstorms in part of Lombardy, yellow alert, Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto, in part of Lombardy and Tuscany.
The meteorological and critical situation forecast for Italy is updated daily based on new forecasts and the evolution of phenomena, and is available on the website of the Department of Civil Protection (www.protezionecivile.gov.it), together with the general rules of behavior to follow in case of bad weather. Information on regional alert levels, on specific critical issues that could concern individual territories and on the prevention actions adopted are managed by the territorial civil protection structures, in contact with which the Department will monitor the evolution of the situation.
