Overview

• Yellow alerts cover Lombardia, Piemonte, Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige as heavy rain and thunderstorms batter northern provinces.
• Meteorologists forecast 100–150 liters of precipitation per square meter between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, posing flash flood risks.
• Supercell thunderstorms may develop over the plains between Vercelli, Novara and Milan, risking large hail and wind gusts exceeding 100 km/h.
• Forecasts call for storm activity to subside by Friday, with sunshine returning across alpine foothills and Po Valley.
• An African anticyclone is expected to push central and southern temperatures past 40 °C by the weekend, marking Italy’s first major heatwave of the season.