It is a deteriorated "universal winter" whose ideal victims are the big water bodies of Northern Italy, which are now awaiting Cyclone Thor. The ANBI Water Resources Observatory depicts the weather scenario with this depiction, where rainfall continue to just lap the water-deficient northern regions, focusing instead on central-southern Italy, also plagued by "water bombs"; the big lakes all stay below normal, with filling percentages ranging from 20% (Sebino) to 22.4% (Lario), with the exception of Benaco (37.1%), the only one not to fall even below last year's levels. Lake Maggiore's height, which stayed below hydrometric zero for 167 days in 2022, is presently almost one meter below normal. The decrease in Piedmontese flows of the Po River, which reached -78% in Turin, appears interminable. Recent rainfall has been focused on the regional boundaries, leaving the center and southern basins parched.
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