Overview

• On July 16, the Foreign Office expanded its Italy safety notices to include detailed warnings on seismic activity, volcanic threats and geological hazards.
• The guidance highlights risks from earthquakes in seismically active zones and monitors supervolcano Campi Flegrei alongside potential eruptions of Vesuvius, Etna and Stromboli.
• Revised notices warn of weather extremes such as heavy summer rains, floods, landslides, winter avalanches and Mediterranean storms known as medicanes.
• Officials caution that drought, wildfires and heat waves above 40 °C during summer months pose elevated threats to infants, older adults and people with chronic illnesses.
• The Foreign Office specified that the new guidance does not carry the legal weight of a travel warning and does not entitle travelers to cancellation or rebooking rights.