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June 16, 2020 The Lombardy Region Natural Risk Monitoring Functional Center has issued an orange criticality notice starting at 10 pm today due to severe thunderstorm risk on the Milan water basin which could lead to persistent phenomena for the next 24 hours. The Municipality of Milan will consequently activate the Municipal Operational Center (Coc) to monitor the hydrometric levels of the Seveso and Lambro rivers and the radar and the local Police, Civil Protection and MM water services teams will be alerted in order to graduate activation of the emergency plan.

Thunderstorms over Emilia and Piedmont
Still unstable weather on Italy due to a large depression present on most of Europe. Showers and thunderstorms are expected in the next few hours on all peninsular regions, more significant on the North West and Emilia Romagna. On the basis of available forecasts, the Department of Civil Protection in agreement with the regions involved, which is responsible for activating the civil protection systems in the territories concerned, has issued a warning of adverse weather conditions.

The weather phenomena, impacting on the various areas of the country, could cause hydrogeological and hydraulic criticalities which are reported, in a national summary, in the national criticality and alert bulletin which can be consulted on the website of the Department www.protezionecivile.gov.it. The warning forecasts from today evening, mainly rain showers or thunderstorms over Piedmont, Lombardy and Emilia Romagna.

The phenomena will be accompanied by heavy showers, frequent electrical activity, hailstorms and strong gusts of wind. On the basis of the expected and ongoing phenomena, an orange alert for thunderstorms in Lombardy was assessed for today and tomorrow, 17 June. A yellow alert was also assessed for tomorrow in Emilia Romagna, Piedmont and Umbria.