Notizie.it editorial team An unexpected winter blast hit the Italian Peninsula, giving rise to peculiar white landscapes in mid-September. This drastic change, which meteorologists have called 'dramatic', brought cold and snow from the Alps to Gran Sasso, accompanied by heavy rains throughout the territory, resulting in difficulties and large-scale flooding. Even the most experienced hikers were caught by surprise. In particular, a 57-year-old Canadian woman died in a snowstorm near Val Gardena, leaving her 56-year-old husband, also a victim of the inclement weather, hospitalized in Bolzano. While walking along the Alta Via 2 of the Dolomites, they got lost in the darkness and snow and, despite attempts to resuscitate her, the woman died. Among other cases, two German hikers were rescued in the Pale di San Martino group, while two American climbers, a father and daughter, had problems in Val Pusteria due to unfavorable weather conditions.
The Alpine Rescue team rescued two individuals who had spent an unsuitable night in their small tent, under heavy snowfall in the Dolomites, in Veneto. The precipitation affected several locations, from medium altitude areas at 1600 meters up to Gran Sasso, whitening the Franchetti refuge at 2433 meters and the locality of Campo Imperatore. The Aosta Valley experienced a drop in temperature and the first sprinkling of snow around 2000 meters; flakes also fell in mountain villages, from Val di Rhêmes to Cervinia. Many inconveniences were recorded in Friuli Venezia Giulia, from Trieste to Gorizia, with floods, landslides and blackouts. A restaurant in the province of Gorizia was evacuated, several vehicles were blocked at Passo Pramollo near Udine, and a landslide blocked a provincial road in Tapiana. In the South, however, the problems were caused by torrential rains. In Torre del Greco, in the province of Naples, a violent storm led to mudflows that invaded the streets and pushed over a parked car. Due to the force of the sea, routes from Naples and Pozzuoli to Ischia and Procida were severely hampered. Rome suffered from rain and thunderstorms causing numerous areas of flooding across the city, with police interventions due to fallen or unstable branches and trees.
Officials intervened to ensure safety and regularize traffic in various areas of the capital, following the inconveniences caused by the bad weather this Friday and the drop in temperatures. However, for the last weekend of the summer, the forecast indicates a greater presence of sunshine, especially in the North. On the contrary, the current summer heat seems to have now passed, probably the summer ended earlier than expected.
