Brief communication: Preliminary hydro-meteorological analysis of the flash flood of 20 August 2018 in Raganello Gorge, southern Italy

Avolio, Elenio; Cavalcanti, Ottavio; Furnari, Luca; Senatore, Alfonso; Mendicino, Giuseppe

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1619-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1619-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1619-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 8

Brief communication

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05 Aug 2019

Brief communication |

| 05 Aug 2019

Brief communication: Preliminary hydro-meteorological analysis of the flash flood of 20 August 2018 in Raganello Gorge, southern Italy

Elenio Avolio, Ottavio Cavalcanti, Luca Furnari, Alfonso Senatore, and Giuseppe Mendicino

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1619-2019-supplement

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Technical report, Evento meteopluviometrico del 20~Agosto~2018 -- Torrente Raganello CFD (Centro Funzionale Multirischi della Calabria) http://www.cfd.calabria.it/DatiVari/Pubblicazioni/rapporto evento 20 agosto 2018.pdf

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This is the first scientific report of the flash flood of 20 August 2018 on “Raganello Gorge” (Southern Italy), an extreme event with rather specific features (very localized in space and time), which unfortunately caused 10 victims. The meteo-hydrological dynamics were reasonably reconstructed and the forecasting skills were evaluated using an innovative modelling approach, including fully coupled atmospheric-hydrological modelling and improved representation of Sea Surface Temperature.