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Italy's Puglia and Basilicata Under Orange Alert as Floods, Downed Roofs Hit the South

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Italy's national civil-protection department, the Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, issued an Orange Alert for severe weather and flooding risk in Puglia and Basilicata for Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, with a Yellow Alert the same day for Calabria, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo and Sicily.

La Repubblica reported roofs torn off, flooded streets and schools closed across Calabria, Puglia, Abruzzo and Molise. In Crotone, the newspaper said a roof came crashing down onto a street.

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