Severe Weather Causes Evacuations and Landslides Across Northern Italy

Severe weather has struck Northern and parts of Central Italy, leading to widespread flooding, landslides, and hundreds of evacuations. In the Bergamo area, six towns were isolated and 350 people were evacuated, including 250 guests from a campsite in Isola di Fondra that was threatened by a landslide and a rising torrent. In the province of Brescia, the Oglio river flooded part of the town of Malonno, and two landslides destroyed a bridge over the Val Rabbia torrent in Rino di Sonico, prompting the precautionary evacuation of 81 people. Additionally, landslides and flooding disrupted traffic in Domaso, within the province of Como.

The Italian firefighters have conducted approximately 1,000 interventions, with over 400 operations concentrated in Lombardy. Civil Protection issued an orange alert for strong thunderstorms and yellow alerts for hydraulic and hydrogeological risks. In Milan, parks remained closed as authorities monitored the Seveso and Lambro rivers. Other reports noted a tornado in Rapallo. Meteorological data indicated that unstable conditions were driven by a depression from the North West and cold air at high altitudes, with wind gusts reaching up to 75 km/h.