Eos The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides In a recent article published in the journal Landslides, Esposito and Gariano (2025) describe the first post-fire debris flow event with fatal consequences recorded in Italy In the town of San Felice a Cancello, two people lost their lives while they were coming back home with their vehicle. The latter was dragged by the flows within the main drainage channel of the watershed for about 800 m. The two lifeless bodies were found only after long searches 2 km away from the impact point This event highlights an emerging cascading hazard in the whole Mediterranean area where both burned areas and intense rain bursts are expected to increase in the future The very short timing of hydro-geomorphic responses (e.g. 15-20 min) represents the main challenge in the implemention of an effective early warning system for small-scale Esposito and Gariano (2025) found many similarities between this and previous post-fire debris flows occurred in the region (Esposito et al., 2023) even if none of them was characterized by a so severe impact on people and properties this unprecedented impact may have been due to both natural and human factors among which the role played by the rainfall inputs is predominant (peak intensity in 30 minutes of 83.6 mm/h; peak intensity in 10 minutes of 106.8 mm/h; both highly ranked among historical events of the same duration in the area and located well above the triggering threshold for such events previously defined in the area) The current local warning system for geo-hydrological risk mitigation is based on rainfall thresholds coupled with different risk scenarios Both this and previous events demonstrated that such system is not suitable to face this type of process providing insufficient lead time to fully develop an effective emergency response they conclude that focusing on innovative monitoring and predicting tools based on meteorological geomorphological and hydrological factors may represents a key strategy to face future challenges posed by post-fire debris flows in Italy and similar settings worldwide Esposito, G., Gariano, S. 2025. Overview of the first fatal post-fire debris flow event recorded in Italy. Landslides. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-025-02516-9 Image credits: www.vigilfuoco.tv (Italian Fire Brigade). Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Yellow alert levels for thunderstorms were in place in most of Italy’s centre and south, including Campania. Emergency services were searching for two people who went missing amid flooding and landslides in the southern Italian region of Campania, the fire brigade said late on Tuesday. The fire brigade said that a woman in her 70s and her son in his 40s went missing from the area of San Felice a Cancello, near Naples, which was affected by landslides. The two were still missing as of midnight (2200 GMT Tuesday). According to the ANSA news agency, heavy rains triggered the landslide that hit the town at the bottom of a hill. Meanwhile, Firefighters were evacuating residents from the area. Yellow alert levels for thunderstorms were in place in most of Italy’s centre and south, including Campania.  We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices “Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.” Mrs Ajisafe-Aluko added that the government recognised the impact of climate change on rainfall patterns “The task of these committees is to ensure that everything is in place before the arrival of the first batch of pilgrims.’’ Mr Bolarinwa advocated local production of drugs and vaccines in Nigeria The minister added that Malaysia would deepen cooperation with BRICS and further diversify its markets Julius Pondi and Victor Nwokolo are the lawmakers said this during the opening ceremony of a conference for Nigeria Governors Spouses on Tuesday in Abuja © 2025 Peoples Gazette™ Limited.