Italy's Po River Valley on Drought Alert
Authorities said more than 100 municipalities are already facing water supply difficulties as lakes and rivers fall and tanker trucks deliver drinking water.
- On Thursday, Italian authorities raised the drought alert level to "high" for the Po Valley, the country's longest river valley, citing worsening conditions and unfavorable weather forecasts.
- Despite a short spell of recent rainfall, northern Italy holds less water in lakes and rivers than 10 days ago, when the authority last met. ADBPO Secretary General Alessandro Delpiano warned, "Let's not fool ourselves into thinking that summer storms can solve deep-rooted problems."
- More than 100 municipalities in Lombardy and Piedmont face supply difficulties, with some using tanker trucks for drinking water. Lake Maggiore and Lake Como saw water levels drop 7% and 6% respectively in one week.
- Farming union Confagricoltura warned that intense heat and severe water stress in rice fields between Turin and Milan "risks compromising the entire season's production." Aquatic plants have overgrown the river due to the heat.
- Twenty river basins have received permission to bypass minimum water flows to avoid a repeat of the 2022 drought, as the region braces for a new heatwave this Friday.
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The level of water severity of the river basin has risen from . "Medium" to "high" . Over one hundred municipalities between Lombardy and Piedmont have difficulties in water supply, and in several there is already recourse to tanks and tankers
The amount of rain that has fallen since April has been half of normal - Swiss weather service MeteoSuisse said this year's drought is comparable to the worst recorded in 1976, 2003 and 2018
Italy's Po River valley on drought alert
More than 100 municipalities in Italy's northern regions of Piedmont and Lombardy are already facing water supply difficulties, the Po River Authority (ADBPO) said in a statement. Some are using tanker trucks to fill drinking water reservoirs, it added. At the foot of the Alps, Lake Maggiore and Lake Como saw their water levels drop in a week by 7 percent and 6 percent respectively, according to the ADBPO, after they helped irrigate fields throu…
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