Italy Hit by Wave of Bad Weather

Rome: Much of Italy was on alert on Tuesday due to the arrival of a wave of bad weather featuring storms, torrential rain, hail and gales.

According to Ansa News Agency, Lombardy was on orange alert, the second-highest level after red, while Abruzzo, Calabria, Campania, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Sicily, Tuscany, Umbria and Veneto were a notch down on yellow alert.