A disturbance, arriving from central Europe, will bring, from the early hours of tomorrow, a new worsening of the weather conditions over most of the peninsular regions, with rainfall, mostly thunderstormsparticularly in the internal and Adriatic areas of central and southern Italy.
Furthermore, it is expected a ventilation reinforcement from the north-western quadrants, with greater effects on Sardinia, Sicily and the extreme southern regions, associated with a general drop in temperatures.
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 – issued a new warning of severe weather conditions.
The weather phenomena, impacting the different areas of the country, could cause hydrogeological and hydraulic criticalities which are reported, in a national summary, in the national criticality and alert bulletin available on the department website.
The notice provides from the early hours of tomorrow, Tuesday 2nd Julystrong to stormy north-westerly winds over Sicily, extending to Calabria, in particular the areas of the Strait of Sicily and the Ionian sectors, with storm surges along the exposed coasts.
Furthermore, also expected from the early hours of tomorrow, scattered rainfall, mainly in the form of showers or thunderstormson Abruzzo, Molise and Puglia, extending to Campania and Basilicata.
The phenomena will be accompanied by heavy showers, frequent electrical activity, local hailstorms and strong gusts of wind.
On the basis of the expected and ongoing phenomena, a yellow alert has been assessed for tomorrow, Tuesday 2 July on the Veneto, on part of Tuscany and Umbria, on the entire territory of Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata and on part of Calabria.
The weather and criticality picture expected 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, together with the general rules of behavior to be followed in case of bad weather.
Information on regional alert levels, on specific critical issues that could affect individual territories and on prevention actions adopted are managed by the territorial civil protection structures, in contact with which the Department will follow the evolution of the situation.
