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Twin Atlantic Vortices Target Italy’s Center-South With Weekend Deluge as North Stays Mostly Clear

Civil protection has yellow alerts in seven regions, reflecting elevated risk of torrential downpours with potential flash flooding.

Overview

  • Forecasters expect the most intense phase from Saturday into early Sunday, starting over Sardinia and western Sicily before spreading to Tyrrhenian and southern regions.
  • Sicily, Sardinia, Calabria, Campania, Puglia, Abruzzo and Molise are in the primary risk zone overnight, with locally persistent storms capable of rapid water rises.
  • Rainfall totals could locally exceed 100 liters per square meter by early Sunday, a monthly average falling in hours.
  • Northern Italy remains largely stable with sunshine and pockets of fog, though nighttime temperatures dip to around or below 5°C on the plains.
  • A brief improvement is forecast early next week with high pressure returning, though meteorologists caution that new unstable pulses are likely from mid-November.