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Articles | Volume 26, issue 5
Articles | Volume 26, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-2291-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-2291-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 26, issue 5
Research article
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19 May 2026
Research article |  | 19 May 2026

Detection of atmospheric rivers affecting the western Mediterranean and producing extreme rainfall over northern-central Italy

Silvio Davolio, Isacco Sala, Alessandro Comunian, Daniele Mastrangelo, Mario Marcello Miglietta, Lucia Drago Pitura, and Federico Grazzini

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Atmospheric rivers, narrow and long corridors of intense horizontal moisture transport, may produce heavy precipitation where they are forced to rise over the orography. This has been recently shown to occur also in the Mediterranean basin, especially over the Alps and Apennines in Italy. The present study analyses the presence of atmospheric rivers in this area, in the period 1961–2024, and reveals a strong connection with extreme rainfall over northern-central Italy.
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