Weather, storms and cold lash Italy. Yellow alert in 10 regions –

Rain, thunderstorms and temperatures below average across much of Italy today, Friday 3 May, with the Civil Protection issuing a yellow weather alert in ten regions: Piedmont, Tuscany, Lazio, Umbria, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata and Calabria Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Lazio, Molise, Puglia, Tuscany, Piedmont and Umbria. Precipitation is expected in the North-East, the central regions and in some areas of the South. This is the detail from the Civil Protection bulletin:

ORDINARY CRITICAL ISSUE DUE TO THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS/YELLOW ALERT: Abruzzo: Tordino Vomano Basin, Aterno Basin, Marsica, Pescara Basin, Alto Sangro Basin, Lower Sangro Basin Basilicata: Basi-D Calabria: Northern Tyrrhenian Slope, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Slope Campania: Lower Cilento, Upper Volturno and Matese, Campania Plain, Naples, Islands and Vesuvian Area, Sorrento-Amalfi Peninsula, Sarno Mountains and Picentini Mountains, Tusciano and Alto Sele, Sele Plain and Alto Cilento Lazio: Rome Basins, Rieti Apennines, Middle Tiber Basin, Coastal Basins North, Liri Basin, Southern Coastal Basins, Aniene Molise: Frentani – Sannio – Matese, Alto Volturno – Medio Sangro, Coastal Puglia: Lower Ofanto, Lower Fortore, Gargano and Tremiti, Tavoliere – lower Candelaro basins, Cervaro and Carapelle, Basins of Side and Lenne, Central Adriatic Puglia, Salento, Central Puglia Bradanica, Sub-Daunian Apennines Tuscany: Etruria, Ombrone Gr-Costa, Serchio-Costa, Arno-Costa, Etruria-North Coast, Etruria-South Coast, Serchio-Lucca, Versilia, Islands, Fiora and Albegna-Costa and Giglio Umbria: Chiani – Paglia, Nera – Corno, Trasimeno – Nestore, Chiascio – Topino, Middle Tiber, Alto Tiber

ORDINARY CRITICALITY DUE TO HYDROGEOLOGICAL RISK/YELLOW ALERT: Abruzzo: Tordino Vomano Basin, Aterno Basin, Marsica, Pescara Basin, Alto Sangro Basin, Lower Sangro Basin Calabria: Northern Tyrrhenian Slope, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Slope Piedmont: Turin Plain and Hills, Val Sesia, Cervo and Chiusella , Orco, Lanzo and Sangone valleys, Northern plain of Puglia: Lower Ofanto, Lower Fortore, Gargano and Tremiti, Tavoliere – lower Candelaro, Cervaro and Carapelle basins, Lato and Lenne basins, Central Adriatic Puglia, Salento, Central Puglia Bradanica, Sub-Daunian Apennines Tuscany: Etruria, Ombrone Gr-Costa, Serchio-Costa, Arno-Costa, Etruria-North Coast, Etruria-South Coast, Serchio-Lucca, Versilia, Islands, Fiora and Albegna-Costa and Giglio Umbria: Chiani – Paglia, Nera – Corno, Trasimeno – Nestore, Chiascio – Topino, Middle Tiber, Alto Tiber.