Floods in Italy

Green News

Italian homeowners hit by third flood in just over a year

Some residents of the city of Faenza had just completed house repairs after devastating floods in 2023 when their properties were submerged again this week.

20/09/2024

Europe News

Man swept away as heavy rain batters northern Italy

Scientists warn that the climate crisis is increasing the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, droughts, downbursts and flooding in Europe and around the globe.

06/09/2024

Climate

These 5 European rivers breached the ‘severe’ flood threshold in 2023

A new Copernicus and WMO report highlights the need for flood defences, the potential for hydropower and the urgency of climate action.

22/04/2024

Economy

The five challenges facing Italy's economy in 2024

With the ongoing national challenges such as slow GDP growth, an immigration crisis and a soft labour market, the global scenario remains bleak. For Italy, growth, albeit small, might still be on the cards, Osama Rizvi writes.

22/01/2024

World News

EU pledges to prolong aid to Italy's flood-devastated region

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised to allocate extra funds to help the reconstruction of the devastated Emilia-Romagna region.

17/01/2024

World News

Northern France remains on high alert after heavy rains and flooding

After the hottest recorded October in history, Atlantic storms have affected many parts of Europe.

11/11/2023

Climate

Italy’s deadly floods not caused by climate change, scientists say

A triple-whammy of cyclones caused Italy’s deadly floods, but climate-driven drought made them worse, according to the first attribution study.

01/06/2023

Italy

'Europe is by your side': von der Leyen visits flood-devastated Italy

The President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen met locals in Cesena on Thursday after last week's devastating floods.

25/05/2023

Culture news

Northern Italy floods leave museums and churches submerged

Museums, libraries and churches have been inundated with water.

25/05/2023

Climate

Italy floods: Was climate change the cause of deadly rainfall?

Six months’ worth of rain fell in 36 hours resulting in over 300 landslides and submerging fields and roads.

22/05/2023

Italy

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visits flood-hit regions

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has visited her country's northeastern region after floods killed at least 14 people and displaced thousands more.

21/05/2023

Italy

Italian Red Cross helps hundreds affected by deadly floods

Emergency services in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna continued to carry out rescues and evacuations on Saturday, after flooding swamped large areas.

20/05/2023

Culture news

A museum in Italy opens its doors to people displaced by deadly floods

Ravenna's Classis museum is offering camp beds and food among its many artefacts to those who lost their homes in the natural disaster.

19/05/2023

Green News

New normal: Italy's extreme weather continues with deadly floods

Dry, impermeable ground means heavy rains are unlikely to help northern Italy after two years of drought.

19/05/2023

No Comment

Watch: Rescue crews evacuate residents in northern Italy from floods

Officials said the latest floods pushed losses in the region of Emilia-Romagna to multiple billions of euros, given the widespread damage to farmland, buildings and infrastructure.

19/05/2023

Italy

Death toll in flooding in northern Italy rises to 13

The death toll following flooding in northern Italy has risen to 13 with officials saying it has caused billions of euros' worth of damage.

19/05/2023

Travel News

Is it safe to travel to Italy after the 'worst flooding in a century'?

Rainfall and burst rivers have devastated the region of Emilia Romagna.

19/05/2023

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Watch: Italian residents recued from flood via dinghys and helicopters

Footage released by the Italian Coast Guard showed rescuers descending from a helicopter to collect two people from their rooftop in Faenza, in the Emilia-Romagna region.

17/05/2023

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WATCH: Firefighters evacuate people from flooded homes in Italy

Italy's Civil Protection Minister confirmed three people had been killed and some 5,000 people evacuated.

17/05/2023

Italy

Exceptional rains in drought-struck northern Italy kill 9, cancel F1

Exceptional rains Wednesday in a drought-struck region of northern Italy swelled rivers over their banks, killing at least eight people, forcing the evacuation of thousands and prompting officials to warn that Italy needs a national plan to combat climate change-induced flooding.

17/05/2023