Alarm calls from 🇮🇹 : "Lake Garda is in a situation that it has not experienced in living memory"

The hot summer of 2022 will be followed by the dry winter. This doesn't bode well for 🇮🇹 's Lake Garda. Those responsible decide the 1st consequences.

The article - with video in 🇩🇪 , but the imagery is international ....

https://www.merkur.de/welt/italien-gardasee-wasser-winter-duerre-situation-reise-tourismus-zr-92095821.html

Stolen ⇊⇊⇊ from @adamplatform post on TW

Due to the worst drought in 30 years the isthmus is visible also from space.📸 Copernicus Sentinel2 - Feb. 15th.

Alarmrufe aus Italien: „Der Gardasee ist in einer Situation, die er seit Menschengedenken nicht erlebt hat“

Auf den Hitze-Sommer 2022 folgt der trockene Winter. Für Italiens Gardasee verheißt das nichts Gutes. Die Verantwortlichen beschließen erste Konsequenzen.

Italy’s rivers and lakes are facing another year of severe drought after a winter of little rain and snowfall, raising the alarm on the implications for farming, hydropower and access to drinking water.

Vast areas of the Po – the country’s longest river that nourishes several northern and central regions – are already parched, while the water level on Lake Garda is the lowest during winter in 35 years.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/17/italy-faces-another-year-severe-drought-little-winter-rain-snow-po-river

Italy faces another year of severe drought after little winter rain or snow

Vast areas along Po River already parched, raising fears about farming, hydropower and drinking water

The Guardian

How much water is currently in Lake Garda?
Here you will find the current water level and a comparison of the historical water levels of the last few years. It is important to know that a level of "0" does not mean that there is no more water in the lake. Lake Garda is known to be 346 m deep. The water level "0" is set individually in each body of water slightly below the long-term measured lows.

Current water level on February 18, 2023: 44 cm

https://www.gardasee.de/wasserstand

Wasserstand für den Gardasee - aktueller Pegelstand für den Gardasee und Messwerte der letzten Jahre

Wieviel Wasser ist derzeit im Gardasee? Aktueller Pegelstand und ein Vergleich mit historischen Pegelständen am Gardasee