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- Piedmont President Alberto Cirio announced the region will ask Swiss canton Ticino for more water.
- June rain in the Po basin was 36% below the 1991-2020 average.
- Temperatures that month were 3.5 °C above normal.
- Po River flow at Isola Sant’Antonio fell 75% below historic levels, prompting water tankers.
- Coldiretti Turin chief Bruno Mecca Cici called for a state of emergency and extra water from Aosta Valley for farms.
