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🇮🇹 Severe Storm Hits Northern and Central Italy: Tornado, Hail, and Flooding Reported

🌧 On June 16, 2025, northern and central Italy were struck by a powerful weather front. A strong cyclone brought a supercell thunderstorm that unleashed a tornado, damaging winds, intense hailstorms, and flash flooding across multiple regions.

🌪️ A tornado was reported in Salvaterra (Reggio Emilia province).
💧 In the Romagna region, especially in Forlivese, torrential rain and large hail caused damage to vehicles and buildings.
📍 In Alfero, witnesses captured images of medium-to-large hailstones.
☄️ In southern Ancona (Marche region), the storm front arrived with intense lightning activity.
💦 In Sasso Marconi (Bologna province), over 39 mm of rain fell within an hour, triggering a landslide. Local authorities are monitoring the situation.
‼️ Severe thunderstorms also affected Lombardy and Veneto, bringing damaging wind gusts and local flooding.

⚠️ The storms led to structural damage, road disruptions, and significant flash floods in several towns.

🌍 Such extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent in the context of global climate change. This underscores the urgent need to unite the global scientific community to better understand the root causes of these phenomena and to find effective solutions that can mitigate the impact of such disasters in the future.