The Civil Protection has issued an orange weather alert for hydrogeological risk in Friuli Venezia Giulia and yellow alerts in several Italian regions due to a disturbance.
The Civil Protection has issued an orange weather alert due to hydrogeological risk in Friuli Venezia Giulia and a yellow alert for several areas of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino Alto Adige, Veneto, Campania and Lombardy due to a disturbance.
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The Civil Protection issues weather alerts based on forecasts to prevent risks linked to intense atmospheric phenomena.
The orange alert in Friuli
Returning to our country, the forecast for today sees the passage of a disturbance that can bring even intense and violent thunderstorms. The Civil Protection, as reported by "ilmeteo.it", has issued an orange weather alert of "moderate criticality due to hydrogeological risk" for today. Indicates a danger of intense and widespread weather phenomena, with possible damage to structures and infrastructure, interruptions to services or roads, and potential risks to the safety of people, including serious consequences. In particular, this notice only concerns Friuli Venezia-Giulia in the areas of the Livenza and Lemene basins, as well as the Tagliamento and Torre mountain basins.
The yellow alert
That's not all because a yellow weather alert has also been issued, still valid for today, Thursday 22 October, which closely concerns three regions and some specific areas of their territories. These are, again, Friuli Venezia Giulia as regards the Isonzo Basin and the Plain of Udine and Gorizia, Trentino Alto Adige for the Autonomous Province of Trento and Veneto in the area of the Eastern Plain and the Livenza and Lemene Basins as well as the Plain between Livenza and Piave. Finally, a yellow weather alert was also issued for hydrogeological risk which concerns Campania (Alta Irpinia and Sannio, Basso Cilento, Tanagro, Piana Campana, Naples, Islands and Vesuvian area, Piana Sele and Alto Cilento, Alto Volturno and Matese, Sorrento-Amalfi peninsula, Monti di Sarno and Monti Picentini, Tusciano and Alto Sele), Friuli Venezia Giulia (Isonzo Basin and Plain of Udine and Gorizia) but also Lombardy (Lario and Western Prealps, Bergamo Orobie, Valchiavenna, Middle-lower Valtellina, Varesine Lakes and Prealps, Eastern Lakes and Prealps and Trentino Alto Adige (Autonomous Province of Trento).

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