"Natural disasters in Italy are an everyday occurrence", and this is nothing new

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Borgo Ticino. Full of Ticino, high water, flood of the village. Stefano De Grandis/Fotogramma, Pavia - 2019-11-25 Source: IPA Milestone

The same issues have been there for decades, but there has never been an adequate strategy to secure the country.


Weather emergency continues in Italy due to heavy rains and flooding. Conditions got better yesterday in the northern area for the day, but forecast indicates that conditions are expected to get worse again in the next few hours. 

We talked about the climate crisis in Italy and about a new Istat report titled "Stereotypes On Gender Roles and the Social Image of Sexual Violence",  where 23.9% of Italians think women bring rape on themselves because of the way they dress, with journalist Carlo Fusi.

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