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 The end of March is set to be unusually cold across much of Italy after weeks of mild weather, with wind, rain and even snow in some places this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20200324/snow-and-hail-hit-southern-italy-as-temperatures-drop Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:09:42 +0100 snow-and-hail-hit-southern-italy-as-temperatures-drop Floods in Venice may have dominated the international headlines, but they're not the only weather emergency to strike Italy this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20191118/its-not-just-venice-extreme-weather-all-italy Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:26:36 +0100 its-not-just-venice-extreme-weather-all-italy The month of January was one of the hottest on record in Italy, but don't pack away the winter clothes just yet – there's rain, snow, and cold winds in store for February. https://www.thelocal.it/20180201/weather-italy-january-heat-drought-february-wind-rain-snow Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:41:37 +0100 weather-italy-january-heat-drought-february-wind-rain-snow After a sunny Christmas across most of Italy, the next couple of days will be marked by snow, strong winds and heavy rain. https://www.thelocal.it/20171226/christmas-wraps-up-with-snow-wind-and-rain Tue, 26 Dec 2017 17:28:14 +0100 christmas-wraps-up-with-snow-wind-and-rain A wave of rain, snow, and extreme cold weather was continuing to cause disruption across Italy on Tuesday, particularly in the north of the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20171212/snow-and-ice-continue-to-batter-italy-residents-evacuated-traffic-disrupted Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:18:53 +0100 snow-and-ice-continue-to-batter-italy-residents-evacuated-traffic-disrupted A wave of bad weather is about to hit Italy, starting with the north-east but travelling over to affect the centre and south of the country over Thursday and Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170426/watch-out-a-months-worth-of-rain-to-fall-in-italy-over-the-next-two-days Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:16:09 +0200 watch-out-a-months-worth-of-rain-to-fall-in-italy-over-the-next-two-days After a warm and sunny start to the spring, it seems that winter is back in Italy, with temperatures dropping by 10C across the peninsula on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170419/temperatures-drop-by-10c-across-italy Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:49:01 +0200 temperatures-drop-by-10c-across-italy Rain, wind, and a few sunny spells if you're lucky: that's what the Easter weekend is expected to look like across Italy. If you were planning to spend time in the great outdoors over the holiday, pack your umbrella and read on to see how the situation is likely to develio... https://www.thelocal.it/20170413/easter-weather-italys-in-for-a-cold-stormy-holiday-weekend Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:16:54 +0200 easter-weather-italys-in-for-a-cold-stormy-holiday-weekend Tuesday will be a day of mild weather for much of Italy, but the rest of the week will see storms, wind and plenty of rain, forecasters warn. https://www.thelocal.it/20170207/storms-snow-rain-batter-italy-weather Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:17:35 +0100 storms-snow-rain-batter-italy-weather UPDATED: Heavy snowfall and unusually harsh weather have left hundreds of thousands of homes without electricity, schools closed, and roads unusable. https://www.thelocal.it/20170117/thousands-without-electricity-as-snow-and-wind-batter-italy Tue, 17 Jan 2017 10:01:46 +0100 thousands-without-electricity-as-snow-and-wind-batter-italy Many Italian cities are experiencing their first snow of 2017, along with freezing temperatures and strong winds as an arctic air mass sweeps across the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20170105/italy-braces-for-a-freezing-snowy-long-weekend Thu, 05 Jan 2017 13:47:23 +0100 italy-braces-for-a-freezing-snowy-long-weekend Residents of several cities across northern Italy woke up to a snowy surprise on Monday morning, with Turin and other areas of Piedmont coated in the white stuff. https://www.thelocal.it/20161219/snow-in-northern-italy-but-will-it-be-a-white-christmas Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:58:10 +0100 snow-in-northern-italy-but-will-it-be-a-white-christmas Heavy rains that pounded Italy over the past three days have left at least two people dead and two others are reported missing, Italian media said over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20161128/two-dead-after-heavy-storms-across-northern-italy Mon, 28 Nov 2016 10:09:18 +0100 two-dead-after-heavy-storms-across-northern-italy Torrential downpours caused flooding in parts of northwest Italy on Thursday, with the rains expected to continue until the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20161125/one-missing-as-storms-continue-to-batter-northern-italy Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:41:17 +0100 one-missing-as-storms-continue-to-batter-northern-italy Severe weather warnings have been put in place in parts of northern Italy as more storms are expected on Thursday, following three days of heavy rain. https://www.thelocal.it/20161124/northern-italy-on-high-alert-battered-by-heavy-rainstorms Thu, 24 Nov 2016 11:03:35 +0100 northern-italy-on-high-alert-battered-by-heavy-rainstorms Beaches on the Venetian coast are so desperate to boost visitor numbers after the region's terrible June weather, they are offering bathers their money back if it rains. https://www.thelocal.it/20160623/venice-beaches-offer-refunds-in-case-of-rain Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:56:28 +0200 venice-beaches-offer-refunds-in-case-of-rain A 57-year-old woman died after being crushed by a tree in the northern city of Mantua as violent storms swept through Lombardy on Wednesday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20160616/one-dead-and-two-injured-in-northern-italy-storms Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:31:48 +0200 one-dead-and-two-injured-in-northern-italy-storms A yellow alert has been issued in ten of Italy's 20 regions as Cyclone Poppea brings heavy rain and strong winds to the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20160512/storms-lash-italy-as-cyclone-poppea-arrives Thu, 12 May 2016 16:16:36 +0200 storms-lash-italy-as-cyclone-poppea-arrives A parked car was swallowed up by a sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road in Sicily after heavy rain on Wednesday evening. https://www.thelocal.it/20151022/sinkhole-swallows-car-in-catania-amid-downpour Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:27:27 +0200 sinkhole-swallows-car-in-catania-amid-downpour Two people were killed as storms and flooding struck Italy over the past few days. https://www.thelocal.it/20150812/two-dead-as-storms-batter-italy Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:43:59 +0200 two-dead-as-storms-batter-italy