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Weekend of instability and thunderstorms, then rising temperatures: in Sardinia over 40 degrees. Alert for water: the Po still guarantees only 10 days for irrigation
Drought threatens irrigation in northern Italy
The Po River District Basin Authority (ADBPO) said the situation was "extremely critical" and available stocks in the river basin would be exhausted in 10 days at the current rate of irrigation and if there was no rainfall. As a result of the reduced flow rate in the Po river delta, salt water from the Adriatic Sea is pushing 20 to 25 kilometres (12.5 to 15.5 miles) upstream, partly preventing the irrigation of fields. The authority also said th…
Rising temperatures lead to low snow reserves. And without snow the water reserves are missing.
The North is most in crisis in the South: it can no longer count on snow. It reduces the flow of rivers.
Rapidly depleting reserves: Drought threatens irrigation in northern Italy
Rome, 10 Jul 2026 (AFP) – The water reserves are "on the verge of rapid exhaustion" in the north of Italy, threatening particularly agriculture, warned Friday the Authority of Po (ADBPO), the main river of the peninsula victim of drought. The situation is "extremely critical", deplores the institution according to which the water reserves available in the [...] The article Dryness: Irrigation threatened in the north of Italy appeared first on MA…
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