Overview

• Regions from Lombardy and Veneto to Tuscany and Abruzzo are under weather alerts for heavy rain, thunderstorms and hydrogeological risk
• Strong northerly winds, including Mistral gusts exceeding 60 km/h over Sardinia and the Tyrrhenian Sea, are uprooting trees and disrupting travel
• Persistent downpours and violent storm cells are lashing northern and central Italy with localized hail and the threat of flash flooding
• Temperatures have fallen well below seasonal averages as the African heatwave gives way to cool, unstable northerly currents
• The system stems from an Atlantic disturbance channeled by an atmospheric pressure anomaly stretching from Northern Europe into the Mediterranean