Overall Green alert Flood
in Italy

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102494
Death: 3
Displaced: 901
Countries: Italy
From - To 24 Feb - 11 Mar

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Italy - Severe weather (ECHO 11 Mar 2024)Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:06

  • Heavy rainfalls and heavy snowfalls have been affecting northern Italy in particular Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Liguria and Veneto Regions over the past few days, causing floods, landslides and snow avalanches that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • Media report, as of 11 March, one fatality and three injured people in the Triora Municipality, Imperia Province, western Liguria Region due to a snow avalanche. In addition, media report approximately 200 isolated people due to landslides across the Imperia Province. Moreover, several blocked roads due to landslides and floods were reported across Liguria and Piedmont Regions.
  • Over the next 36 hours, no more severe weather is forecast over the already affected regions.
Southern Italy, Mid-March 2024Local media reported heavy rain caused flash floods in Naples, Italy, on 09 March 2024.Tue 12 Mar 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), INGV (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),