Northwestern Italy has been hit by record rainfall from a complex system of thunderstorms, triggering flooding and mudslides, per AP.
By the numbers: 29.2 inches of rain fell in Rossiglione, just south of Milan, in Genoa province in 12 hours on Monday. That's a new European record, meteorologists noted Tuesday.
Meanwhile, 7.1 inches of rain poured down in one hour on Vicomorasso, roughly 16 miles east of Rossiglione — "more than double the 3.15 inches that fell during the record-setting one-hour cloudburst that overwhelmed New York City on Sept. 1 as the remnants of Hurricane Ida passed," per WashPost.
- The storm generated over half a million lightning strikes in the region in 48 hours, meteorologists noted.
Of note: The coastal city of Savona in the northwestern region of Liguria, which borders France, was the worst affected for flooding and mudslides, AP reports.
- There were no immediate reports of casualties, but dozens of people were rescued, per WashPost. A bridge in the town of Quiliano collapsed in the floods, according to Milan news outlet Corriere della Sera.
Our thought bubble, via Axios' Andrew Freedman: The extraordinary deluge follows other recent and deadly extreme precipitation events in Tennessee, the New York City area, and this past summer in Central Europe, among others.
- The most recent assessment report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change indicated increased confidence that heavy precipitation events are tied to human-caused climate change, since warmer air holds more moisture that storms can tap into.
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