The weekly report from the Anbi Observatory on Water Resources attests to how rain and snowfall have rebalanced the northern regions and the Alpine arc.
The rainfall provided relief to the thirsty territories of the South, hit by months of extreme aridity and record-breaking thermal anomalies, but did not resolve the imbalances.
The levels of the large lakes in Northern Italy have reached maximum values, but they are releasing large quantities of water destined for the sea.
The Aosta Valley, like the entire Alpine region, is seeing its snow cover increase, hoping that the high temperatures will not cause the blanket to melt quickly.
In Lombardy, water reserves have reached 4486 million cubic meters (+25.5% on average).
In Veneto, spring will find a region that has returned to being, at least for now, rich in water.
In Emilia-Romagna, the Secchia and Taro rivers increase their flows, but the Romagna territories have never recorded a rainfall deficit.
The flow in the Po river is further increasing. In Turin, the water in the riverbed is 10 times that which flowed just a year ago.
In Liguria the river levels remain stable, in Tuscany they increase.
In Umbria the month of February was slightly less rainy than in the last five years.
Even the water bodies of Lazio emerge regenerated from this phase of climate disruption.
Little snow on the mountains.
In the mountains of Abruzzo the snow is a mirage, in Campania the rivers grow.
A real "breath of water" has arrived in thirsty Basilicata.
In Puglia, compared to last year, 39% of the water in the reservoirs is missing.
In Sicily, rainfall phenomena were recorded especially in the Messina area.
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