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The Po, Italy's longest river (652 kilometres or 405 miles), flows from the Alps on the western border with France and crosses the Po Valley on its way to the Adriatic Sea. The Po Valley is the largest plain in Italy, with 46,000 km 2 (18,000 sq mi), and it represents over 70% of the total plain area in the country. [17]
October 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in each region in Italy , in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. Region
This was followed by drought in Italy in 226 BC, which lasted six months. [13] In December of 170 BC there was a blood rain in Rome. [13] Written sources from about 75 BC to c. 175 AD also emphasize moisture, mainly in the form of the Tiber floods in Rome. [3] Large Tiber floods occurred in 5 (lasted seven days), 15, 36, 51, 69, 79 and 97 AD. [13]
Also on 7 September, a provisional temperature of 32.6 °C (90.7 °F) was recorded in Wisley, Surrey, which was the hottest day of the year until 9 September. The previous record for the greatest number of September days where temperatures have reached 30 °C (86 °F) or more was five, set in 1911, however it was broken on 9 September. [102]
Storm Adrian (also known as Vaia) [5] was an intense Mediterranean storm which brought severe conditions to Northern Italy and surrounding regions. it was one of the costliest of the 2018-19 named storms, causing £2.9 billion (≥ €3.3 billion) in damages.
On 18 September 2024, Clearing operations in Sasso Marconi, near Bologna, Italy . On 18 and 19 September, major flooding occurred in Emilia-Romagna, around the same areas affected by the deadly floods of May 2023. [68] The rivers Marzeno and Lamone overflooded in Romagna, causing the evacuation of more than 1,000 people. [69]
Italy: Cagliari: 150 163 209 218 270 311 342 321 243 209 150 127 2,726 [40] Italy: Milan: 59 96 152 177 211 243 285 251 186 130 66 59 1,915 [41] Italy: Naples: 115 128 158 189 245 279 313 295 234 189 126 105 2,375 [42] Italy: Rome: 121 133 167 201 264 285 332 298 237 195 129 112 2,473 [43] Latvia: Riga: 31 62 127 183 264 288 264 229 153 93 39 ...
Italy is the 3rd largest consumer of energy in the European Union after Germany and France. [9] Italy's most used sources of energy are petroleum products such as petrol, and natural gas. [9] Due to climate change, Italy has been increasing efforts to produce and consume more renewable or "green" energy to reduce their carbon emissions.