Extreme Weather in Italy: Heat, Floods, Droughts, and More

Italy faces growing climate extremes:

• Heat waves: Record 48.8°C (Sicily, 2021); health risks, wildfires, drought.
• Droughts: Increasing in south/central; water shortages, crop loss.
• Floods: Autumn/winter deluges; Venice 2019 severe flooding.
• Tornadoes: Rare but occur (e.g., Brindisi 2018).
• Snowstorms: Alpine/Apennine regions; transport disruption, avalanches.
• Wildfires: Summer; arson, lightning, drought-driven; damage forests, property, health.

Climate change amplifies frequency and intensity; adaptation efforts underway.