Bad weather, Civil Protection:“Orange alert in 6 regions in the center and north”

And yellow alert in 9 Regions.Disturbances arriving in the country from this evening and forecasts of a "marked worsening" for tomorrow, Sunday 8 September

ROME – A disturbance of Atlantic origin will affect, from today evening, Saturday 7 September, the North-West regions and Tuscany, bringing a marked worsening, with widespread rains and thunderstorms, which will progressively extend, tomorrow, to those of North-East and part of the Centre.
Based on available forecasts, the Department of Civil Protection in agreement with the regions involved - who are responsible for activating the civil protection systems in the territories concerned - issued a warning of adverse weather conditions.The weather phenomena, impacting on 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 evening, Saturday 7 September, scattered to widespread rainfall, including downpours or thunderstorms, on the Liguria, in extension, from the early hours of tomorrow, Sunday 8 September, to Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany, subsequently to Lombardy, Veneto and, from the afternoon, to Friuli Venezia Giulia, Marche, Umbria and Lazio.The phenomena will be accompanied by heavy showers, frequent electrical activity, local hailstorms and strong gusts of wind.

On the basis of the expected phenomena, it was evaluated for tomorrow, Sunday 8 September, orange alert due to storm and hydrogeological risk on a large part of Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna Liguria, Veneto and Lombardy and throughout Friuli Venezia Giulia. Yellow alert on the rest of Tuscany, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Veneto, as well as on Umbria and parts of Sardinia, Marche and Piedmont.

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.