A
vast area of low pressure
affects central-northern Europe, causing intense southwestern humid currents at high altitude which, crossing the central-western Mediterranean, will invest central and northern Italy, extending to part of the south tomorrow.
This was announced by the Civil Protection, adding that a
marked instability
is expected , with
showers and thunderstorms
,
even of strong intensity
, first on the northern regions and on Tuscany, rapidly extending to the central ones and part of the southern ones, especially on the Tyrrhenian side.
On the basis of the expected and ongoing phenomena, an orange alert was assessed for tomorrow, Sunday 25 September,
on Lazio, Molise, Tuscany and Campania
and the
yellow alert in Abruzzo, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Marche, Molise, Tuscany, Umbria, Liguria, Puglia, Veneto and Sardinia.
The Department of Civil Protection, in agreement with the regions involved - which are responsible for activating the civil protection systems in the territories concerned - has issued a further warning of adverse weather conditions which integrates and extends the previous one.
The notice foresees
from today's evening
, Saturday 24 September,
scattered to diffuse rainfall
, also of a reverse or thunderstorm character,
on Lazio
, especially on the coastal and southern sectors,
in extension to Campania
,
Abruzzo
,
Molise
and
northern Puglia
.
Moreover,
from the early hours of tomorrow
, Sunday 25 September, they are expected
scattered to diffuse precipitation
, also of a reverse or thunderstorm character,
on Friuli-Venezia Giulia
;
from the morning the phenomena, accompanied by strong showers, frequent electrical activity, local hailstorms and strong gusts of wind, will
also persist in Umbria and Marche
.
And precisely in the region hit by the recent flood of last September 15, the Civil Protection machine was activated, in a state of alert throughout the region.
In Senigallia the rain began to fall in the early afternoon.
After a meeting with the Prefecture of Ancona and the Marche Region, the Municipality of the coastal town invited to keep a "vigilant alert".
Citizens residing in the red zone were advised, as a precaution, to "avoid basement rooms and street level and spend the night between Saturday and Sunday on the upper floors, moving only for actual and urgent needs".