Udine sits in Italy’s northeastern Alpine foothills, one of the wettest and most flash-flood-prone parts of the country, where moist air is forced upward over the mountains and produces some of Italy’s heaviest rainfall totals.
In Friuli-Venezia Giulia near the Alps, the city sits in one of Italy’s rainiest areas, where moist air is forced upward against the mountains. Steep valleys and fast-flowing mountain rivers mean a single intense storm can raise water levels dangerously within a very short time, making radar tracking of individual storm cells especially important here. Learn more: Flash Flood Warning Signs on Radar · Open the full Rain Map