The level of italy's longest river has
risen by two metres in the last 24 hours at the Crescentino Po
hydrometer near the Piemonte city of Turin area as a result of
the latest bout of severe weather to hit the country, farmers'
association Coldiretti said on Monday citing data from the Po
River Interregional Agency AIPO.
Further east in the Lombardy region Lake Garda, Italy's biggest
lake, was said to be close to its historical highest level for
the period.
Coldiretti also said 50 extreme weather events including
cloudbursts and windstorms have hit Italy in the last week,
citing the European Severe Weather Database.
It added that the high frequency of extreme events, unseasonal
weather and the quick switch from hot to cooler bad weather
confirm the trend towards tropicalization whose impact is
compounded by construction and land consumption.
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