Overview
- The Arco dei Faraglioni at Sant'Andrea in Melendugno, a famed Salento landmark known as the Lovers' Arch, has collapsed into the sea, the mayor confirmed.
- Early passersby noticed the arch’s absence at dawn, and local reporting notes the cliffs had been under geological risk monitoring.
- Coverage links the structural failure to powerful waves and recent downpours driving coastal erosion, described as the most significant such damage to the Salento landscape.
- A separate collapse hit a section of the Castello di Fabro walls in Umbria, with firefighters reporting no injuries, localized power outages, and a nearby road closed by a landslide near Monzano.
- In Fiumicino’s Passo della Sentinella, authorities evacuated five families after flooding at the Tiber mouth, provided temporary accommodation through social services, and later reported an easing of local alerts with continued monitoring.