Between 2001 and 2018, 74% of natural disasters they were caused by bad weather, floods or more generally phenomena related to water. Floods and droughts are two sides of the same phenomenon global warming. Disasters are coming Ischia may become more and more frequent.

“Ischia is a volcanic island therefore formed by a superficial layer of unconsolidated sediments, therefore ashes and lapilli from past eruptions – explains Valentina Ugolinigeologist of the Civil Protection of San Marino – and these are particular sediments which are unable to drain the excess water and which therefore, following the heavy rains, have generated this enormous mudslide”.

“The our territory – adds Valentina Ugolini – is characterized by completely different terrains from those of the island as they are sedimentary in nature and certainly not volcanic. However, our soils and rocks also have an intrinsic propensity to trigger landslide phenomena that are present in our area”.

To reduce the risk of hydrogeological instabilityunderlines Valentina Ugolini, there are tools and interventions to implement, in addition to the control of the most exposed areas.

“There are parts of the territory, so all the they are badlandsthe parts of Castles of Fiorentino, Montegiardino, Faetano they have some geological features which make them a little more prone to landslides – highlights Valentina Ugolini – then today there are areas with active phenomena and others that have been affected in the past. All these areas are anyway watch and monitor both by us and by the state offices that deal with land monitoring”.

In the service the interview with Valentina Ugolini (San Marino Civil Protection Geologist)