Italy
Open on the live globe ↗Brief · 15 September 2026
Italy is among 25 countries affected by a widespread drought event across Europe, newly tracked at orange severity since 27 July 2026. Separately, an Avian Influenza A(H9N2) outbreak in Italy was newly reported this week, with a WHO bulletin issued.
Drought A large-scale drought spanning Italy and 24 other European countries, covering an area of 1,431,152 square kilometres, is rated orange severity and classified as new activity, according to GDO via GDACS.
Outbreak Avian Influenza A(H9N2) is active in Italy, with WHO tracking the situation since a bulletin was issued on 14 September 2026.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. Not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.
Events · last 7 days · 4
- OutbreakAvian Influenza A(H9N2) — ItalyNew15 Sept, 06:00 UTC
- DroughtDrought in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine, , New14 Sept, 20:25 UTC
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- VolcanoEtnaNew14 Sept, 12:40 UTC
- FloodFlood in ItalyNew14 Sept, 11:27 UTC
Seven days of source changes
Revisions · 2 events also first tracked this week
No revisions this week — earthquakes are logged once and never revised; storms, fires, volcanoes and outbreaks record every source update.
Countries · by trend
27| Country | Active | Worst | Trend | Changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | RED | steady2 steady · 2 new | 15h ago |
| Albania | 1 | RED | steady1 steady | 5d ago |
| Montenegro | 1 | RED | steady1 steady | 6d ago |
| Italy | 4 | ORANGE | new4 new | 5h ago |
| Ukraine | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 15h ago |
| San Marino | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 15h ago |
| Slovakia | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 15h ago |
| Slovenia | 2 | ORANGE | new2 new | 15h ago |
| Sweden | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 15h ago |
| Serbia | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 15h ago |
| Romania | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 15h ago |
| Poland | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 15h ago |
and 15 more
Trend compares each event’s own source-reported measure across Hazardly’s last two ingests. It measures reported change, not impact: a fire whose satellite coverage improved overnight can read as escalating, and a storm can weaken while its damage is still unfolding.
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