https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy is once again challenging the EU's green transition, pushing for an overhaul of the bloc's carbon trading scheme and changing the way the tool operates to try to cut electricity bills. https://www.thelocal.it/20260306/italy-challenges-eu-over-key-climate-tool Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:24:55 +0100 italy-challenges-eu-over-key-climate-tool Italy’s health ministry put 19 of Italy's 27 biggest cities, including Rome, Florence, Naples and Venice, on red alert on Wednesday as an intense heatwave continues. https://www.thelocal.it/20220628/heatwave-most-of-italy-placed-on-alert-over-intense-heat-on-wednesday Tue, 28 Jun 2022 18:56:29 +0200 heatwave-most-of-italy-placed-on-alert-over-intense-heat-on-wednesday After a dry winter, people in northern Italy are facing water shortages and fines for wastage amid a severe drought in the region. https://www.thelocal.it/20220405/italy-issues-fines-for-water-wastage-amid-northern-drought Tue, 05 Apr 2022 13:03:00 +0200 italy-issues-fines-for-water-wastage-amid-northern-drought Storms and snowfall are forecast across much of central and southern Italy over the next few days, according to weather reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20211129/central-and-southern-italy-brace-for-storms-and-heavy-snow Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:13:56 +0100 central-and-southern-italy-brace-for-storms-and-heavy-snow A tornado has killed a 53-year-old man on the island of Sicily as well as injuring others and damaging buildings and farmland. https://www.thelocal.it/20211117/one-killed-by-tornado-as-storms-hit-sicily Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:52:47 +0100 one-killed-by-tornado-as-storms-hit-sicily Heavy rain, storms and snowfall are forecast across Italy over the next few days due to the arrival of another cyclone, according to weather reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20211102/weather-italy-issues-storm-and-snow-warnings-ahead-of-intense-cyclone Tue, 02 Nov 2021 11:31:02 +0100 weather-italy-issues-storm-and-snow-warnings-ahead-of-intense-cyclone Sicily's residents are bracing for the arrival of a cyclone later on Thursday, the second this week after a deadly storm hammered the Italian island, killing three people. https://www.thelocal.it/20211028/sicily-braces-for-rare-mediterranean-cyclone-as-storms-continue Thu, 28 Oct 2021 18:35:39 +0200 sicily-braces-for-rare-mediterranean-cyclone-as-storms-continue Strong storms continue to batter parts of Sicily and Calabria for the fourth day, flooding streets and killing at least two people. https://www.thelocal.it/20211027/storms-flood-italys-streets-two-dead-as-sicily-and-calabria-still-on-alert Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:26:26 +0200 storms-flood-italys-streets-two-dead-as-sicily-and-calabria-still-on-alert Italy’s Department for Civil Protection issued its most severe weather warning for parts of Sicily and Calabria as the south was battered by heavy storms and floods on Sunday and into Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20211025/storms-in-italy-one-dead-as-sicily-and-calabria-on-red-alert Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:01:23 +0200 storms-in-italy-one-dead-as-sicily-and-calabria-on-red-alert Italy is seeing historic levels of rainfall as a result of weather disturbances in the Atlantic, according to meteorologists. https://www.thelocal.it/20211006/italy-hit-by-20-severe-weather-events-in-a-day-as-liguria-region-sees-record-rainfall Wed, 06 Oct 2021 20:01:35 +0200 italy-hit-by-20-severe-weather-events-in-a-day-as-liguria-region-sees-record-rainfall Hundreds of youth climate activists gathered in Milan on Thursday to protest inaction by world leaders ahead of a vital climate summit next month. https://www.thelocal.it/20210930/hundreds-of-youth-activists-protest-climate-change-inaction-ahead-of-milan-summit Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:41:12 +0200 hundreds-of-youth-activists-protest-climate-change-inaction-ahead-of-milan-summit The climate crisis is causing serious problems for Italy's biggest cities and extreme weather events are going to become more frequent, according to a new report. https://www.thelocal.it/20210921/climate-crisis-the-italian-cities-worst-affected-by-flooding-and-heatwaves Tue, 21 Sep 2021 19:30:28 +0200 climate-crisis-the-italian-cities-worst-affected-by-flooding-and-heatwaves A large majority of people in Italy are concerned about the climate crisis and want to take more action, according to a major study of G20 countries released on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20210817/nine-in-10-italians-want-more-action-on-climate-crisis-new-survey-finds Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:34:04 +0200 nine-in-10-italians-want-more-action-on-climate-crisis-new-survey-finds Regional authorities in Sicily recorded a temperature reading of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, amid an extreme heatwave dubbed "Lucifer". https://www.thelocal.it/20210811/sicily-expected-to-break-european-records-for-hottest-temperature Wed, 11 Aug 2021 20:32:04 +0200 sicily-expected-to-break-european-records-for-hottest-temperature Italy's civil protection service has issued health and wildfire alerts for the coming days, as another intense wave of hot air from the south is expected to bring some of the highest temperatures on record. https://www.thelocal.it/20210809/heatwave-italy-issues-wildfire-warnings-as-hottest-week-arrives Mon, 09 Aug 2021 11:25:52 +0200 heatwave-italy-issues-wildfire-warnings-as-hottest-week-arrives More than 70 percent of the fires devastating Italy this summer are caused by human action, and most are set intentionally, a government minister said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20210805/human-action-responsible-for-70-percent-of-italys-wildfires-minister-says Thu, 05 Aug 2021 17:02:38 +0200 human-action-responsible-for-70-percent-of-italys-wildfires-minister-says Italy's fire brigade recorded hundreds of incidents this weekend, mainly in the south, as red alerts were issued for high temperatures on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20210801/wildfires-in-italy-over-800-flare-ups-recorded-this-weekend Sun, 01 Aug 2021 18:06:39 +0200 wildfires-in-italy-over-800-flare-ups-recorded-this-weekend Health authorities have issued safety warnings as temperatures are set to soar into the high 30s and low 40s across Italy this weekend, with storms also expected in the north. https://www.thelocal.it/20210723/stay-at-home-italy-issues-red-and-amber-alerts-ahead-of-another-weekend-of-extreme-weather Fri, 23 Jul 2021 19:16:52 +0200 stay-at-home-italy-issues-red-and-amber-alerts-ahead-of-another-weekend-of-extreme-weather After months of warm and wet weather, winter has well and truly arrived in Italy with snowfall as far south as Sardinia. And more flakes are on the way. https://www.thelocal.it/20201203/photos-italy-first-snows-winter Thu, 03 Dec 2020 19:30:59 +0100 photos-italy-first-snows-winter High winds, tornadoes and giant hail: extreme weather hit many parts of Italy's north and centre-north this weekend, leaving at least four holidaymakers dead and causing widespread damage. Weather alerts continue over the coming days. https://www.thelocal.it/20200831/four-killed-as-storms-and-tornadoes-wreak-havoc-across-northern-and-central-italy Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:28:20 +0200 four-killed-as-storms-and-tornadoes-wreak-havoc-across-northern-and-central-italy