Overall Green alert Flood for Italy
in Italy

Event summary

Flood Italy can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1101580
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Italy
From - To 07 Aug - 08 Aug

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Southern Italy, Early August 2022Severe weather including heavy rain caused flooding in parts of Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy on 07 August 2022. Media reported 45 mm of rain in 1 hour. At least 1 person was rescued from a trapped vehicle. The fire department received about sixty requests for assistance. on the same day heavy rain caused minor flooding in Salerno, Campania Region.Mon 8 Aug 2022Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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Latest media headlines

Coviello (Cnr - Iriss), il 55 per cento delle case italiane è esposto .. 8/11/2022 12:06:00 PM.

“L’Italia ha il piu’ grande gap di protezione di tutti i Paesi europei profilati all’89%, ovvero 51,8 miliardi di dollari di danni subi’ti per le calamita’ naturali, dal 2011 al 2021. Studi scientifici hanno previsto che il cambiamento clim
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Ambiente: Coviello (Cnr-Iriss), il 55 per cento delle case italiane es.. 8/11/2022 10:58:00 AM.

Napoli, 11 ago 10:49 - (Agenzia Nova) - Sono già ingenti i danni calcolati in seguito al maltempo abbattutosi in Italia nelle ultime ore. Ormai noto che le calamità naturali siano diventate, negli ultimi decenni, sempre più frequenti e in g
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Coviello (Cnr-Iriss): “Il 55% delle case italiane esposte ad elevato r.. 8/11/2022 10:45:00 AM.

NAPOLI – “L’Italia ha il più grande gap di protezione di tutti i Paesi europei profilati all’89%, ovvero 51,8 miliardi di dollari di danni subìti per le calamità naturali, dal 2011 al 2021. Studi scientifici hanno previsto che il cambiament
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Los tres pueblos fantasma del sur de Italia que atraen a los turistas 8/8/2022 7:49:00 PM.

La zona de Aspromonte , en la región de Calabria, se caracteriza por albergar, en un espacio muy reducido, numerosos ' pueblos fantasma '. Estos pequeños asentamientos corresponden a antiguas colonias griegas abandonadas desde hace muchos a
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (37), (2), NASA (4), INGV (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),