Bad weather in Liguria and Tuscany: orange alert for thunderstorms and heavy rain

Bad weather and more thunderstorms, while the weather alert goes from yellow to orange: this is the scenario predicted by Arpal, the regional hydrological weather centre, for the next few hours in Liguria. After a first wave of instability with intense rains and peaks that affected the Tigullio, in the eastern part of Genoa, with peaks that in the morning reached 103 mm of rain measured by the Chiavari rain gauges, the second part of the disturbance that is affecting the whole of Northern Italy has led forecasters to update the state of alert

After the yellow level, already in progress since this morning, from 3am next night until 3pm tomorrow we will go to orange alert, the maximum level expected for thunderstorms, valid on the sectors of the eastern center of Liguria and on the Po Valley slopes of the East, and then go to yellow until 5pm tomorrow. Yellow Alert has been extended to the far west and the western Po Valley slopes from 3pm today until 3pm tomorrow.

Conditions of strong instability remain in Liguria. This morning a very intense storm affected the Tigullio, throughout the morning several storm cells developed within a line of instability that crossed our region.

Also for central-northern Tuscany, the regional civil protection operations room has issued an orange alert for strong thunderstorms from 10pm today until 6pm tomorrow, Friday 21 August, yellow alert for the rest of the region tomorrow. The president of Tuscany Eugenio Giani announced this on social media, adding that a yellow alert has been issued for hydraulic risk of the main network in central Tuscany and the Lunigiana area tomorrow. "Our Civil Protection system - adds Giani - is operational and ready to intervene in case of need, we pay attention and prudence! Worsening expected with possibility of strong thunderstorms in the north-west areas in particular from the evening. Tomorrow, Friday, strong thunderstorms extending from the north-west to the rest of the region. Probable strong gusts of wind and hailstorms associated with the thunderstorms. Cumulative maximums up to 70-100 mm and locally up to 150 mm. Hourly intensity up to 60-80 mm”.

In the North, bad weather and a drop in temperatures, flooding in the Genoa area. Intense heat in the South

Italy is preparing for a phase of severe bad weather in the North, destined to affect part of the Center between Thursday 20 and Friday 21 August, while in the South the heat will remain intense and will tend to increase again over the weekend.