Skyrocketing smog in Emilia, pm10 over double the limit - Last hour. PM10 particulate matter (which also includes PM2.5 dust) recorded over double daily threshold.
For ten days out of 14 this limit was far exceeded in the Piacenza area, with a peak of 119 (yesterday), and in the Modena area with a maximum of 111 (Saturday) Modena is already at 29 daily exceedances of the limit, very close to the threshold of 35 annual exceedances indicated by the EU.