Learning Drought Basics
During the summer of 2022, we experienced extreme temperatures and water shortages. A droughty summer affected not only Italy but also the 64% of EUROPEAN UNION, as shown in the map by Copernicus Global Drought Monitoring. Credit: European Union, Copernicus Emergency Management Service According to the EU’s environmental programme Copernicus, the 2022 drought may […]
Data Viz and the narrative of data
In the media, we often hear speakers talking about the “Data Deluge”, “Big Data”, and the “World of Data”. As a matter of fact, digital transformation has brought us the advent of the Data Age. But data are not intelligible at a glance. So as human beings are visual creatures the best way to communicate […]
Italy and Portugal discuss about drought
On 28 September 2022 took place the webinar “Drought: Climate Change and Water Management” organised by the Italian Embassy in Lisbon in collaboration with the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Portugal and the Italian Trade Agency – ICE, in the framework of the Festival Sviluppo Sostenibile 2022 (2022 Festival for Sustainable Development). The meeting focused […]
Flooding Marche 2022: the impact of an extreme event
The extreme event that struck the Marche region on the 15–16 September 2022, once again re-proposes the themes of vulnerability, prevention, mitigation and adaptation. We know that specific actions to be put in place could reduce the impact of increasingly frequent phenomena. Then what is politics doing? What is science doing? Because to find solutions […]
Drought Observatory: August Bulletin
On 7 September, the CNR-IBE Drought Observatory published the monthly bulletin illustrating the Italian drought situation in August. The month just ended is one characterised by instability and thunderstorms. But, this year the events were decidedly more intense, also due to an above-average temperature, with values well exceeding 30°C for several months. The thunderstorm phenomena […]
EMS 2022: Effective Communication of Agrometeorological Services
The European Meteorological Society Annual Conference (EMS2022) is taking place from 4 to 9 September 2022 at the Poppelsdorf Campus of the University of Bonn. As a side event, the workshop on Effective communication of agrometeorological services is scheduled as a full-day event for today Wednesday 7 September 2022. The aim of this workshop is […]
Fleuve Niger: Alerte Orange à Niamey
A la date du 29 août 2022, le maximum de la crue locale du Fleuve Niger à la station de Niamey a atteint et dépassé la cote de 580 cm, correspondant à un débit de 1 766 m3/dépassant ainsi la cote d’alerte orange. Elle dépasse également les valeurs observées l’année passée en 2021 qui était […]
Alerte Orange sur la Sirba
Depuis hier matin, le 28/08/2022, l’Alerte Orange est déclenchée sur la Sirba. Le Système Local d’Alerte Précoce contre les Inondations de la Sirba (SLAPIS) suivait de prés la situation à travers ses observateurs et ses stations hydrométriques automatiques. La vague de crue avait été prévue depuis une semaine grâce aux prévisions météorologiques de la Direction […]
Alerte jaune sur la Sirba
Depuis hier, le seuil de vigilance jaune a été dépassée dans les villages en amont. A la station hydrométrique de Bossey Bangou, actuellement hors service, le niveau de la Sirba pourrait avoir déjà touché le niveau orange. A Garbey Kourou la seuil jaune a été dépassée hier matin, le 25 Aout à 08:00. La prévision […]
Prévision hydrologique Sirba: une crue importante est attendue
Les prévisions météorologiques à moyen terme annoncent que du 26 au 27 aout 2022 une vaste zone pluvio-orageuse balayera la région du fleuve et le bassin de la Sirba (Source DMN-Niger). Par conséquence, la prévision hydrologique montre que un pic de crue pourra se manifester sur la rivière au niveau des localités proches de la […]
