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First snowfalls in Tuscany, Umbria, and Abruzzo with a drop in temperatures of 5-7 degrees due to cold air masses coming from northeastern Europe, bringing snow precipitation in the Apennines and atmospheric instability in various Italian regions. #Neve #Appennino #Meteo (translated)

Marco M.M. had forecast continued bad weather in Italy for Wednesday, October 21, with the most intense phenomena moving towards the Center and then the South, and a drop in temperatures. In the Northwest, he expected a gradual improvement, while widespread and locally heavy rains would affect the central-eastern Alpine sectors and, more irregularly, the Po Valley and Emilia-Romagna. According to his forecast, downpours and thunderstorms would particularly involve Lazio, Tuscany, and Umbria, before extending to Marche and Abruzzo. In the South, the deterioration would affect Campania, Molise, Puglia, Basilicata, and Calabria, especially on the Adriatic and Ionic sides; in Sicily, locally intense thunderstorms were possible in the east, while Sardinia would remain more on the margins. Marco M.M. also indicated temperatures of about 2-6°C around 1500 meters in the northwestern sectors and a decrease in the zero degree altitude in the Western Alps, locally at 1700-2200 meters, with possible snowfall at higher elevations. He warned that, in the most exposed areas, a few hours of intense rain could cause critical issues, recommending caution without alarmism. #Maltempo #Meteo #Italia (translated)

Marco M.M. had forecasted a lively afternoon and evening, with rain showers and thunderstorms that would locally be accompanied by strong gusts of wind. He had signaled particular attention for the Northwest and Tuscany and indicated that, between late evening and night, the phenomena would extend to Umbria, Lazio, Campania, and the inland areas of Marche and Abruzzo. He had urged to pay attention and to follow the weather alerts from local authorities. #Meteo #Maltempo #AllertaMeteo (translated)

Marco M.M. wrote that high-resolution weather model analyses indicated a phase of bad weather for the following day over part of Italy, with locally intense precipitation possible. According to the author, an Atlantic disturbance coming from the western Mediterranean would have triggered humid southern currents, whose interaction with the mountain ranges and the convergence of winds at the surface would have favored the stronger phenomena. Liguria would have been the region to monitor with greater attention: downpours and thunderstorms could have begun as early as the night, especially between the western and central sectors, before extending to the east. Marco M.M. specifically noted the Savonese, the Genovese, and later the Spezzino, where accumulations in a few hours could have caused hydrogeological issues. The author also forecasted widespread precipitation in Piedmont, particularly in the western and northern areas, in Aosta Valley, and in Lombardy, especially to the west and in the Alps. In Emilia-Romagna, the worsening weather would have mainly affected the western sectors and the Apennines; in the Northeast, the phenomena would generally have been less intense, although rain was expected in the alpine and prealpine elevations. Tuscany would also have required attention, with possible strong thunderstorms from the afternoon and especially between evening and night along the coast, in Lunigiana, Versilia, Garfagnana, and in the Apennine mountains. The location of the most intense cells remained uncertain, he clarified. The worsening weather would then extend to Umbria and Lazio, especially to the west and north. In Marche and Abruzzo, less widespread precipitation was expected. In Sardinia, scattered and locally intense downpours and thunderstorms were possible, especially in the west and north; part of the more organized activity could have remained over the surrounding seas. In the South, according to Marco M.M., dry intervals and clearings would have prevailed, without excluding localized instability between the Ionian Calabria and eastern Sicily. The author also predicted a strengthening of southern and southwestern winds, with strong gusts over the Tyrrhenian Sea, around Sardinia, and along the exposed coasts. He urged caution without alarmism and noted a new disturbed impulse between Wednesday the 21st and Thursday the 22nd, accompanied by a moderate temperature drop of 3-5 °C over most of the Peninsula. #Maltempo #PrevisioniMeteorologiche #Autunno (translated)

Cava 2 wrote that, after the encouraging result in Calabria, Roberto Vannacci of Futuro Nazionale was preparing for the mid-November by-elections in Abruzzo. He added that Vannacci had referred to Chieti as "our Forest of Teutoburg." https://t.co/3ZFGiu3uje #Politica #Elezioni #FuturoNazionale (translated)

“ORTA NOVA SOUND LAB” FROM ORTA NOVA (PUGLIA) ON “BROADWAY WORLD,” NEW YORK, by LUCIANO MAGALDI SARDELLA SOURCE: https://www.broadwayworld.com/italy/article/Orta-Nova-Sound-Lab-Launches-Youth-Community-Band-in-Southern-Italy-20260928?fbclid=IwY2xjawUnzKtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMHZzU2xWWTdTNU5UMDFNY1lzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeKFYDfacdBYHnYGZu4M9ZmxOT_wnVa7M53_p_1yfAmpSZSvn3ZDHF-BXqMr4_aem_Jd46xeSFwcUn5qapLvtu8w “Orta Nova Sound Lab Launches Youth Community Band in Southern Italy” The season includes free training with instrumental workshops for winds and percussion, ensemble lessons, and more. By: Chloe Rabinowitz ‘Orta Nova Sound Lab’, a new community music project in Puglia, southern Italy, is creating a brand-new youth-driven community band through free instrumental training, ensemble workshops and a season of live performances. Promoted by the ‘Associazione Nazionale Bande da Giro (ANBG)’ and funded by the Italian Ministry of Culture, it reimagines the brass band tradition as a tool for inclusion, cultural growth and social regeneration. Since the Italian government’s 2023 “Caivano Decree” (Decree-Law 123/2023), which targeted youth distress, educational poverty and juvenile crime, attention has turned to communities in Southern Italy where culture, education and public space can be rebuilt together. Orta Nova, in the Puglia region, is part of that broader conversation as ‘Orta Nova Sound Lab’ replying to local Mafia with music: a “social laboratory” that connects young people, schools, associations and institutions around a shared, tangible goal, a band of their own. It is the first initiative of its kind in Italy, to repurpose the distinctive tradition of the ‘touring brass bands’ and youth orchestra within a ministerial call devoted to urban peripheries and social vulnerability. Its explicit aim is to offer young people a real alternative to the screen and to the youth disenfranchisement associated with the anti-mafia “Caivano model”. The project was presented on September 21 at Luca ed Erminio Ferrandina C-Lab MAO facility and is funded under the Ministry of Culture’s public call for the promotion of musical practices in suburban and socially Mafia-rooted vulnerable areas, and it is supported by the Municipality of Orta Nova. Project partners include the cultural association APS MAO FM 19.77, the “A. Olivetti” secondary school, the “Sandro Pertini” comprehensive school, the Music Art association and C.I.S.A. Foggia. At the heart of the project is a simple idea: give young people a reason to be together, in person, making something real. “A music band is aggregation!,” said Antonella Spagnoletti, ANBG project director. She explained that the band means cohesion, and that bringing young people together to train and live differently from the social-media world is among the association’s primary goals. Mayor Domenico Di Vito called it an important project that can make a real difference, with all the ingredients to connect the town’s cultural and social networks with anti-mafia roots. He added that the administration is committed to making the initiative sustainable, structured and lasting. The presentation also involved Benedetto Grillo, president of ANBG; Grazia Maria Starace, regional councillor; Sebastiano Battista, councillor for relations with third-sector organizations; Vittoria Mastrogiacomo, councillor for culture; and Alfredo Coppola, representing the Olivetti school. Journalist Giuseppe Di Bisceglie moderated. The season ahead: Free training: instrumental workshops for winds and percussion, ensemble lessons and rehearsals led by qualified teachers and conductors, open to aspiring musicians, families, schools and citizens. October: a parade of marching bands and youth orchestra through the streets of Orta Nova, Puglia, southern Italy. November-December: concerts by the Gran Concerto Bandistico di Conversano and the Gran Concerto Bandistico “Biagio Abbate” of Bisceglie, giving the young musicians a chance to learn from professional ensembles. A special evening of women’s music with the all-female Orchestra Note di Puglia, reinforcing the project’s values of inclusion and equal opportunity. January 2027: the first concert of the new Orta Nova community band. In particular, ‘Orta Nova Sound Lab (Community Band and Social Regeneration through Music)’ is a project of the ‘Associazione Nazionale Bande da Giro (ANBG),’ a national association of bands active across south-Italians regions like Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise and Puglia. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Culture and supported by the Municipality of Orta Nova, it offers free music education and live performance opportunities to strengthen inclusion, cultural growth and community cohesion.

“ORTA NOVA SOUND LAB” DA ORTA NOVA (PUGLIA) SUL “BROADWAY WORLD” DI NEW YORK by LUCIANO MAGALDI SARDELLA SOURCE: https://www.broadwayworld.com/italy/article/Orta-Nova-Sound-Lab-Launches-Youth-Community-Band-in-Southern-Italy-20260928?fbclid=IwY2xjawUnzKtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMHZzU2xWWTdTNU5UMDFNY1lzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeKFYDfacdBYHnYGZu4M9ZmxOT_wnVa7M53_p_1yfAmpSZSvn3ZDHF-BXqMr4_aem_Jd46xeSFwcUn5qapLvtu8w “Orta Nova Sound Lab Launches Youth Community Band in Southern Italy” The season includes free training with instrumental workshops for winds and percussion, ensemble lessons, and more. By: Chloe Rabinowitz ‘Orta Nova Sound Lab’, a new community music project in Puglia, southern Italy, is creating a brand-new youth-driven community band through free instrumental training, ensemble workshops and a season of live performances. Promoted by the ‘Associazione Nazionale Bande da Giro (ANBG)’ and funded by the Italian Ministry of Culture, it reimagines the brass band tradition as a tool for inclusion, cultural growth and social regeneration. Since the Italian government’s 2023 “Caivano Decree” (Decree-Law 123/2023), which targeted youth distress, educational poverty and juvenile crime, attention has turned to communities in Southern Italy where culture, education and public space can be rebuilt together. Orta Nova, in the Puglia region, is part of that broader conversation as ‘Orta Nova Sound Lab’ replying to local Mafia with music: a “social laboratory” that connects young people, schools, associations and institutions around a shared, tangible goal, a band of their own. It is the first initiative of its kind in Italy, to repurpose the distinctive tradition of the ‘touring brass bands’ and youth orchestra within a ministerial call devoted to urban peripheries and social vulnerability. Its explicit aim is to offer young people a real alternative to the screen and to the youth disenfranchisement associated with the anti-mafia “Caivano model”. The project was presented on September 21 at Luca ed Erminio Ferrandina C-Lab MAO facility and is funded under the Ministry of Culture’s public call for the promotion of musical practices in suburban and socially Mafia-rooted vulnerable areas, and it is supported by the Municipality of Orta Nova. Project partners include the cultural association APS MAO FM 19.77, the “A. Olivetti” secondary school, the “Sandro Pertini” comprehensive school, the Music Art association and C.I.S.A. Foggia. At the heart of the project is a simple idea: give young people a reason to be together, in person, making something real. “A music band is aggregation!,” said Antonella Spagnoletti, ANBG project director. She explained that the band means cohesion, and that bringing young people together to train and live differently from the social-media world is among the association’s primary goals. Mayor Domenico Di Vito called it an important project that can make a real difference, with all the ingredients to connect the town’s cultural and social networks with anti-mafia roots. He added that the administration is committed to making the initiative sustainable, structured and lasting. The presentation also involved Benedetto Grillo, president of ANBG; Grazia Maria Starace, regional councillor; Sebastiano Battista, councillor for relations with third-sector organizations; Vittoria Mastrogiacomo, councillor for culture; and Alfredo Coppola, representing the Olivetti school. Journalist Giuseppe Di Bisceglie moderated. The season ahead: Free training: instrumental workshops for winds and percussion, ensemble lessons and rehearsals led by qualified teachers and conductors, open to aspiring musicians, families, schools and citizens. October: a parade of marching bands and youth orchestra through the streets of Orta Nova, Puglia, southern Italy. November-December: concerts by the Gran Concerto Bandistico di Conversano and the Gran Concerto Bandistico “Biagio Abbate” of Bisceglie, giving the young musicians a chance to learn from professional ensembles. A special evening of women’s music with the all-female Orchestra Note di Puglia, reinforcing the project’s values of inclusion and equal opportunity. January 2027: the first concert of the new Orta Nova community band. In particular, ‘Orta Nova Sound Lab (Community Band and Social Regeneration through Music)’ is a project of the ‘Associazione Nazionale Bande da Giro (ANBG),’ a national association of bands active across south-Italians regions like Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise and Puglia. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Culture and supported by the Municipality of Orta Nova, it offers free music education and live performance opportunities to strengthen inclusion, cultural growth and community cohesion.

Cassandra e Alex, una coppia originaria di New York, hanno acquistato una casa in Abruzzo per 11.500 euro, ma il loro sogno di una vita più serena e meno frenetica comporta anche sfide legate alla ristrutturazione e ai cambiamenti professionali. #TrasferimentoInItalia #VitaInAbruzzo #CambiamentoDiVita

Attenzione tra stanotte e domani, alcuni temporali potranno essere molto forti. Prima di guardare alla seconda parte della settimana, conviene concentrarsi sul peggioramento più vicino, quello atteso nelle prossime 24 ore su diverse zone del Centro-Nord. Dalla serata le prime piogge interesseranno Piemonte, Lombardia settentrionale ed Emilia occidentale. Nel corso della notte rovesci e temporali tenderanno poi a coinvolgere Lombardia centro-orientale, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna, Toscana centro-settentrionale e Umbria settentrionale. Nella mattinata di domani il quadro migliorerà gradualmente al Nord-Ovest, mentre rovesci sparsi insisteranno ancora tra Nord-Est e Romagna. La fase più delicata, però, potrebbe arrivare tra tarda mattinata, ore centrali e pomeriggio, quando temporali e rovesci anche molto forti potranno svilupparsi tra Toscana centro-meridionale, Umbria e zone interne delle Marche, per poi estendersi anche verso Abruzzo e Lazio. Particolare attenzione alle province di Grosseto, Siena, Terni e alle zone meridionali della provincia di Perugia, dove i fenomeni potranno risultare localmente molto intensi. Tra la serata di domani e mercoledì mattina la situazione tenderà poi verso un miglioramento più generale. Ventilazione in aumento su Tirreno centro-meridionale, Mar Jonio e Mar Adriatio meridionale. #Maltempo #Temporali #Meteo

Domani ancora maltempo severo al Centro-Nord, attenzione alle zone più esposte. Venerdì 21 agosto sarà un’altra giornata molto delicata per il Centro-Nord, con piogge e temporali anche intensi su diverse regioni. Le aree più esposte saranno Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardia, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia e Toscana centro-settentrionale, dove i fenomeni potranno risultare localmente forti e persistenti. Particolare attenzione alle province di Genova, La Spezia, Massa-Carrara e Lucca, zone che in questo tipo di configurazione possono diventare molto sensibili se i temporali insistono per più ore sugli stessi settori. Potenzialmente sono da allerta arancione-rossa. Nel pomeriggio rovesci e temporali potranno interessare anche Umbria, Marche, zone interne del Lazio e Abruzzo, in modo più irregolare ma localmente incisivo. Sul fronte termico arriverà un calo più evidente al Nord e sulla Toscana, con umidità in diminuzione dopo il passaggio del fronte. Dalla serata aria meno pesante anche su Umbria e Marche, e in modo più moderato su Lazio e Sardegna settentrionale. Il Sud, invece, resterà ancora dentro una fase calda, più distante dal cuore del peggioramento. Domani sarà un'altra giornata da nowcasting. #Maltempo #AllertaMeteo #CentroNord

I contagi da West Nile in Italia hanno registrato un aumento del 60% in soli sette giorni, con 94 casi segnalati in 30 aree e la maggior parte dei contagiors concentrati in regioni come Veneto e Abruzzo, mentre il primo decesso del 2026 è avvenuto in Veneto a causa dell'infezione. #WestNile #contagi #salute

Il caldo arretra in Europa, ma l’Italia resta divisa. La tendenza per il periodo 21-28 agosto è interessante perché racconta bene il cambio di fase che dovremmo vivere nella terza decade. Non stiamo parlando di fresco generalizzato e non stiamo parlando di fine dell’estate per quanto riguarda l'Italia ma la mappa mostra però una cosa importante, l’Europa occidentale e centro-settentrionale entrerebbe in una fase con temperature in media o sotto media, mentre il caldo più anomalo tenderebbe a concentrarsi tra Balcani, Italia centro-meridionale, Grecia, Turchia e Mediterraneo orientale. L’Italia sarebbe esattamente divisa a metà dalla linea di confine delle due masse d'aria. Il Nord sarebbe più vicino all’influenza atlantica, quindi con temperature normali per il periodo, localmente anche leggermente inferiori alla media. Dal prossimo fine settimane le regioni settentrionali saranno libere, in modo definitivo, dal rovente abbraccio dell'anticiclone subtropicale continentale. Il Centro vivrebbe una fase di transizione con periodi meno caldi alternati a momenti in cui l'anticiclone riuscirà ancora a far sentire la sua resistenza. Sud e Isole, invece, resterebbero più vicini al bordo caldo della struttura subtropicale, con anomalie ancora positive e un ridimensionamento che probabilmente avverrà non prima degli ultimi giorni del mese. Il caldo non sparisce, ma arretra. Non domina più tutta la scena europea come nelle fasi più bloccate, ma tende a ritirarsi verso latitudini più basse e verso il Mediterraneo orientale. Vi ricordo che siamo ancora su una tendenza media settimanale, non su una previsione di dettaglio. Non ci dice il tempo giorno per giorno, né dove pioverà o quanto farà fresco in una singola città, ci dice però che l’assetto barico in Europa sta cambiando. A livello atmosferico l'Italia sta per dividersi, l'estate comincia a perdere il suo dominio assoluto ma resisterà in modo tenace al Centro-Sud, ed in particolare a partire da Lazio ed Abruzzo in giù. #meteo #estate #Europa

Nowcasting, temporali sparsi in movimento su molte zone d’Italia. In queste ore l’instabilità sta interessando diverse aree del Paese, con temporali sparsi soprattutto lungo l’arco alpino centro-orientale, sulla Liguria orientale, tra Toscana, Umbria, Marche e Abruzzo, ma anche sulle zone interne del Lazio, su Molise, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria settentrionale e Sardegna orientale. Non si tratta di un peggioramento uniforme, ma della classica instabilità irregolare di questa fase, con celle che possono nascere, muoversi e scaricare rovesci anche intensi in modo molto localizzato. A pochi chilometri di distanza si può passare dal sole al temporale, ed è proprio in queste situazioni che il nowcasting diventa fondamentale. Da voi com’è il tempo? Indicate sempre la località, così riusciamo a seguire meglio l’evoluzione reale dei fenomeni sul territorio. #Nowcasting #MeteoItalia #Temporali