Overview
- At Fiumicino’s Passo della Sentinella near the Tiber mouth, about 50 residents were evacuated after storm surge and high river levels flooded homes, with firefighters and divers conducting rescues under a mayoral order.
- In Calabria, the Crati river breached its banks causing widespread inundation, infrastructure damage and more than 500 displaced people, prompting President Roberto Occhiuto to formally seek national emergency status.
- Firefighters reported over 2,000 operations in 72 hours across Calabria, Sardinia and Sicily, with roughly 100 interventions in Rome for flooded buildings, downed trees and utility incidents.
- Lazio was under an orange alert as Rome enforced a safety ordinance closing parks, historic villas and cemeteries and advising residents to avoid basements, riverbanks and coastal piers.
- Authorities and experts linked the impacts to an exceptionally wet start to 2026, and Rome’s climate office highlighted ongoing adaptation work after record January rainfall while assessments and protections continue.