Northern and central Tuscany endured extreme weather, with cloudbursts and a tornado striking the Empoli area. According to Italy’s LAMMA meteorological consortium, the region received nearly an entire month’s worth of May rainfall in just 48 hours. Authorities extended an orange weather alert for the Monte Faeta area as communities assessed the damage.
This has been a week where seemingly disparate global events — war, disease, elections, technology, and weather — converge to remind us how interconnected the world’s crises truly are.
