Seven new coastal areas are deemed to
be at risk of flooding due to rising sea levels, the Italian
National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable
Economic Development (ENEA) has said.
Dozens of square kilometres of coast could be lost before the
end of this century in Abruzzo, Puglia, Sicily, Sardinia and
Tuscany as a result of climate change, the agency said.
The new findings take the number of at-risk coastal areas in
Italy to around 20.
The seven new areas are in Pescara, Martinsicuro (Teramo and
the Tronto estuary), Fossacesia (Chieti), Lesina (Foggia),
Granelli (Siracusa), Valledoria (Sassari) and Marina di Campo on
Elba island.
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