Overview

• Forecasters say a Spanish-born system reinforced by colder Russian air is driving heavy rain over the islands and southern regions.
• The highest risk zones include eastern Sardinia, Tyrrhenian and eastern Sicily, and the Ionian Calabria, especially between Crotonese and Metaponto.
• Scirocco winds and unusually warm sea temperatures are expected to sustain persistent downpours in the Ionian sectors.
• Civil Protection issued orange alerts for Calabria and central-southern Puglia, with yellow alerts for Molise, Basilicata, Sicily, parts of Sardinia, Campania, Abruzzo, Lazio, and the rest of Puglia.
• Thursday is forecast to stay wet in the same southern areas—less over Sardinia and more over Puglia—while the Centre-North remains comparatively stable before a new system likely arrives early next week from the north or France.