(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 30 - In Italy in 2022 extreme events increased by +55%: there were 310 and they caused damage and 29 deaths.
Drought, hailstorms, tornadoes and floods those with the greatest increase.
This is what emerges from Legambiente's Cittàclima Observatory.
The north of the country is the most affected area, followed by the south and centre.
Lombardy, Lazio and Sicily the most injured regions The province of Rome is the most involved, followed by those of Salerno and Trapani.
Specifically, there were 104 cases of flooding and flooding from heavy rains, 81 cases of damage from tornadoes and gusts of wind, 29 from hailstorms, 28 from prolonged drought, 18 from storm surges, 14 events involving infrastructure , 13 river floods, 11 cases of landslides caused by heavy rains, 8 cases of extreme temperatures in the city and 4 events with impacts on the historical heritage.
There are many events that concern two or more categories, for example cases in which river floods or flooding from heavy rains also cause damage to infrastructure.
In 2022, compared to last year, the damages from drought increased, going from 6 in 2021 to 28 in 2022 (+367%), those caused by hailstorms from 14 in 2021 to 29 in 2022 (+107%), damage from tornadoes and gusts of wind,
which rose from 46 in 2021 to 81 in 2022 (+76%), and floods, from 88 in 2021 to 104 in 2022 (+19%).
Territorially, this year the north of the peninsula was the most affected area, followed by the south and the centre.
At the regional level, Lombardy is the region that records the most cases, 37, followed by Lazio and Sicily, with 33 and 31 respectively. The cases recorded in Tuscany, 25, Campania, 23, Emilia-Romagna, 22, are also relevant. and Piedmont, 20, Veneto, 19, Puglia, 18. Among the provinces, Rome is the most affected with 23 weather-hydro events, followed by Salerno with 11, Trapani with 9, Trento, Venice, Genoa and Messina with 8 cases.
Between the cities, Rome (13) and Palermo (4).
For Legambiente, the data from the balance sheet of the CittàClima Observatory indicate once again the urgency for the
Italy of a decisive change of pace in the fight against the climate crisis through more ambitious climate policies and concrete interventions that can no longer be postponed.
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