Orange alert for storms across eleven Italian regions
The Civil Protection Department's bulletin for September 9 flags storm risk and hydrogeological and hydraulic risk in areas of eleven regions, with a yellow alert extended to much of the Center-North. In the Center-South, highs remain up to 35-37 degrees.
The Civil Protection Department issued an orange alert for storm risk and for hydrogeological and hydraulic risk for Wednesday, September 9, 2026 (Meteo2, LSDI). These are two distinct hazard categories, assessed separately and overlapping in the same areas.
Where the orange level applies
The areas under orange alert cover parts of Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto and, according to the bulletin, also areas of Calabria, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Piedmont, Tuscany, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria and Aosta Valley (Meteo2, Fanpage).
The detail is significant and is often lost in headlines: the alert does not cover entire regions but alert zones, that is portions of territory defined by river basins. The presence of Calabria in a list otherwise made up of northern regions is explained precisely by this — these are zones, not administrative borders.
The yellow alert covers numerous other areas of the North, the Center and part of the South (UrbanPost).
| Level | Extent according to the bulletin |
|---|---|
| Orange | parts of Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Veneto, Calabria, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Piedmont, Tuscany, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Aosta Valley |
| Yellow | numerous areas of the North, the Center and part of the South |
What weather the disturbance brings
The incoming system is of North Atlantic origin and brings widespread rain, with the possibility of downpours, hail and strong gusts of wind (Fanpage). A drop in temperatures is expected in the North.
At the same time, in the Center-South temperatures remain high: in inland areas highs reach up to 35-37 degrees. The front will move southward between Thursday and Friday (UrbanPost).
The disturbance is of North Atlantic origin; in the Center-South highs remain up to 35-37 degrees.
Two weather Italies on the same day
The picture described by the bulletin is that of a country divided into two simultaneous regimes: the northern part under an unstable front with risk of intense and concentrated rainfall, the central-southern part still within a warm phase. The transition between the two regimes is expected over the following two days, as the front moves down in latitude.
The hydrogeological and hydraulic risk flagged alongside the storm risk indicates that the concern is not only the intensity of the precipitation but also the response of the soil and waterways.
What we don’t know
The available excerpts do not report the detailed list of the alert zones involved, which is the level of detail the national bulletin actually works at. They do not contain the date and time the document was issued, nor quantitative rainfall forecasts, nor any local measures — school, park or road closures — adopted by mayors on the basis of the alert. No reports of damage have emerged at this stage.
The levels reported here come from a notice by the Civil Protection Department, picked up by the outlets consulted: the source of the data is institutional. The next update is the following day’s bulletin, which redefines the levels zone by zone.
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