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Strong thunderstorms accompanied with heavy rains and strong winds swept several regions across southern and central Italy, Sicily, western and northwestern Balkans during October 14 and 15, 2015. Rough weather has caused floods and landslides across affected areas, especially in central and southern Italy.
A low pressure system situated over the Gulf of Genoa affects the weather of central and southern Italy, Sicily, western and northwestern Balkans, Meteo Europe reports. The weather system has wreaked havoc across the areas in the period of October 14 and 15, bringing severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfalls and strong winds.
© NASA/Terra MODISSynoptic situation over Italy, W and NW Balkans, October 15, 2015.
Heavy rains have caused severe flash floods across central and southern Italy, southern Croatia and northern areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
© Google/NASA/JAXA GPM72-hr rainfall accumulation as observed by GPM Core Observatory.
Severe weather particularly affected Sicily, which was hit by one of the most intense storms in the last couple of months. Floods have swept the provinces of Messina and Trapani, while Agrigento and Palermo were hit the hardest, as over 100 mm (4 inches) of precipitation fell in only a few hours, on October 14.
At the same time, approximately 75 mm (3 inches) of rainfall was observed in Pisa, Tuscany and 135 mm (5 inches) in Venice in Veneto region. The streets and roads of Campania and Puglia have also been hit by severe floods. It has been estimated that over 150 mm (6 inches) of rainfall fell in a few hours in water-inundated town of Benevento.
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