Weather alert for bad weather, schools closed in Liguria today. Regions at risk

An Atlantic disturbance, currently over the western Mediterranean, is moving towards the East. Scattered to widespread rainfall, including thunderstorms, is expected in our country, initially in the north-western sectors, extending to much of the Centre-North. Widespread and heavy rainfall, local thunderstorms, wind and drop in temperatures. Today and tomorrow Italy will be hit by a widespread Atlantic disturbance. The bad weather will especially affect the North-West regions, and in particular Liguria and Piedmont, with continuous and abundant rainfall. Particular attention will be paid to the Tyrrhenian sectors, Tuscany and Lazio first and foremost. New disturbed passage, but much weaker and faster expected between Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th.

The Department of Civil Protection has issued a meteorological alert which forecasts scattered to widespread rainfall, including downpours or thunderstorms, in Piedmont, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany from the early hours of today. The phenomena will be accompanied by heavy showers, strong gusts of wind, local hailstorms and frequent electrical activity. On the basis of the expected and ongoing phenomena, an orange alert has been assessed for today in the western and central sectors of Liguria, a yellow alert in Umbria, Lazio, on the remaining territory of Liguria and in some sectors of Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany and Sardinia.

The winds will move from the western and south-western quadrants: the intense Libeccio currents which will blow at over 40 km/h will be able to generate storm surges along the exposed coasts of Liguria and Tuscany with waves up to 3-4 meters high. Finally, from Thursday, thanks to the bad weather, there will be a drop in minimum temperatures of around 2-4°C.

Schools of all levels closed in Savona due to the orange weather alert for thunderstorms from 7am to midnight in central-western Liguria issued by the regional agency for the protection of the Ligurian environment. The same decision was made by the administrations of numerous municipalities such as Alassio, Albenga, Vado Ligure. In the Imperia area, the schools of Sanremo, Ventimiglia and Bordighera will remain closed at the moment.

Yellow alert for strong thunderstorms from 3pm to the end of the day in central western Tuscany and the Archipelago. From the afternoon and more frequently in the evening, thunderstorms will be possible, locally of strong intensity and associated with downpours and strong gusts of wind on the Archipelago, on the coast and in the areas immediately surrounding it, which will intensify in the evening. The most intense phase of the disturbance seems destined to directly affect tomorrow.

In the North: intense rainfall in the North-West (over 70-90 mm of accumulation in 24 hours). In the Centre: worsens by evening in Tuscany and Lazio. In the South and on the Islands: thunderstorms in Sardinia, more stable elsewhere. Wednesday 21. In the North: unstable with thunderstorms especially in eastern Liguria and middle/upper Triveneto. In the Center: showers and thunderstorms on the Tyrrhenian areas, better on the Adriatic. In the South: thunderstorms in Campania, widespread instability elsewhere.