Legambiente Campania has linked the latest mud and landslides on the Amalfi Coast to climate change and hydrogeological instability, according to Il Mattino. Regional president Mariateresa Imparato said the events fit a recurring pattern summed up as “piove fango come ogni anno.”
According to Il Mattino, Campania recorded 148 extreme-weather events over a 12-year period. Of those events, 43% involved flooding caused by intense rainfall.
Legambiente argues that climate change and hydrogeological instability jointly increase the risks of landslides and flooding. The connection to the current landslides is the association’s assessment.
The association is calling on the Campania Region and municipalities to make climate adaptation, prevention and reduction of hydrogeological risk priorities, according to Il Mattino. Prima Campania reports the same call for structural adaptation policies and investment in prevention and territorial safety.
The argument is to move beyond emergency response toward recurring, structural adaptation and prevention measures. Legambiente describes intense-weather events as recurring rather than exceptional.
Earlier Legambiente data recorded 60 extreme events in Campania from 2010 to late October 2020. That count included 14 floods from intense rainfall, five river floods and two landslides. It covers a different period from the newer 12-year tally and should not be treated as directly comparable.
