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  Final Hazards Report for Italy, May 2025 Italy experiences many natural hazards, from earthquakes to volcanic eruptions, flooding, landslides, tsunamis, droughts, and extreme weather events.  The main natural hazards are also dependent on the region and many are exacerbated by our changing climate.  This report will include two of the most deadly natural hazards: earthquakes and floods.  According to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters ( Source ), and found on this website , Italy's biggest three risks are flood & landslide, followed by extreme temperature & storm, and then earthquakes.  However, 82% of the deaths associated with natural disasters from 1900-2016 were from earthquakes.  16% of deaths were from extreme temperatures & storms, and only 2% were from floods & landslides.  (See figure below.)  Economically, earthquakes and flooding & landslide events are the most costly ( Source ).   ...

  Source The Italian Coast and its hazards Italy has over 8,000 km of coastline and is affected by coastal erosion and landslides ( source ).  About 60% of the population lives in coastal regions ( source ), so these hazards can have huge economic impacts.  Flooding is also a hazard, but that is mostly a result of a future topic of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise, which heavily impacts Venice ( source ).  Beach erosion is mostly due to reduced river sedimentation as well as man-made structures like harbors, settlement and associated infrastructure, and the tourism industry ( source ).  Here is a map that shows the coastline. Source Beach erosion Marina di Massi, 1959 ( Source ) What Italy is doing to prevent coastal erosion Strategies to reduce risk in Italy happen at regional or municipal levels and are coordinated by Regional Civil Protection agencies. At the national level, risk reduction is handled by the Department of Civil Protection. ( Source ). Many ag...