Italy Faces Worst Drought in Decades as Europe Feels the Heat

MILAN—Italy’s worst drought in a long time threatens to break many crops and is forcing a reckoning of how the nation manages its water assets, as rising common temperatures increase the frequency of extreme weather events throughout Europe.

The Po, Italy’s longest river and the essential water supply for a few of the nation’s most fertile farmlands, is at its lowest degree since not less than the mid-Nineteen Forties. Some of the Po’s tributaries are utterly dry. The water in Lake Como, a well-liked vacationer vacation spot, is close to the lowest degree ever recorded for this time of 12 months.