Continuous drought may lead to a suspension of agricultural irrigation in northern Italy.

The Italian authorities warned on the 10th that the rivers, lakes and reservoirs in the northern part of the country are rapidly drying up due to ongoing drought, with major rivers nearly running dry and agricultural irrigation facing a crisis of supply interruption. Agence France-Presse cited data from Italian authorities as saying that the current situation is "extremely serious", and if there is no rain supply and the current irrigation water supply scale is maintained, the existing water storage in the Po River basin in Italy will be depleted within 10 days.