The arrival of rain saves Italy from drought in a hot and dry winter that has so far recorded a temperature 1.7 degrees higher than the historical average of the period 1991-2020, accompanied by a worrying absence of snow and rain. This is what Coldiretti says in commenting on the arrival of bad weather with the orange alert in Campania and Lombardy and yellow in ten other regions, from North to South. Rain is important to ensure the sowing of cereals, legumes and vegetables but also for fodder in pastures which is in sharp decline and with skyrocketing prices to ensure animal feed, but there are also difficulties in the development of fruit and vegetables with oranges or salads that cannot grow adequately due to lack of water. There is a scarcity of snow in several sectors of the Alps and on most of the Apennine ridge and a situation of water stress that increases but as you descend southwards with a peak in the islands, which is certainly not normal in January.
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