The region experienced what the researchers call a “cul de sac” effect. Mountains blocked moisture from the Adriatic Sea, trapping the rain in the region. A stationary cyclone prolonged the downpour, ...

From 2015 to September 2025, Italy has experienced 811 extreme weather events, 97 of which occurred in 2025 alone. Despite ...

In May 2023, Italy's Emilia-Romagna region experienced devastating, if not unprecedented, floods that caused widespread damage to infrastructure, homes, businesses, and farmland. Seventeen people lost ...

Heavy rain triggered alerts in Bologna province, particularly around Ozzano dell’Emilia. The Reno River and Navile Canal rose rapidly after over 100 mm of rain fell in a few hours, prompting an orange ...

Video. Italy faces unstable weather over Halloween, with heavy rain in the north and thunderstorms expected in the south.

Cul-de-sac effect: The CMCC research team described for the first time how a specific configuration of mountain topography and circulation patterns trapped moisture coming from the Adriatic, while a ...

AS Typhoon Tino—internationally known as Kalmaegi—ravaged central Philippines with five landfalls across the Visayas, international allies and humanitarian groups have mobilized in response to the ...

- The Messina bridge, proposed by the "Ponte di Messina S.p.A.", is seen as it is suppose to appear from the Belvedere of ...

And heatwaves fuelled by climate change can worsen dry conditions when they do occur, by increasing evaporation from the soil. This makes the air above warm up more quickly, leading to more intense ...

Italy’s national fire service, Vigili del Fuoco, said it carried out more than 40 rescue operations after heavy rain caused severe flooding in the coastal province of Massa and Carrara in Tuscany on ...

Firefighters in Rome have been working to rescue a worker trapped beneath rubble after a medieval tower partially collapsed during renovation.

In 25 years, Friends of Florence has commissioned 450 restoration projects in museums and churches. ITALY, — Italy is an art ...