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Climate and hazards: seismic zone 1 and flood hazard

In the seismic classification of the Civil Protection Department (updated May 2025) Benevento is in zone 1, the most hazardous. According to ISPRA IdroGEO about 7.4% of the municipal territory has medium flood hazard; landslides weigh less. Temperatures, rainfall and PM10 exceedance days are in the data.

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Seismic risk

The seismic classification file published by the Civil Protection Department (May 2025 update) places Benevento in zone 1. The Department describes zone 1 as the most hazardous, where the probability of a strong earthquake is high; special building rules apply in classified zones.

Floods and landslides

The city grew up where the Sabato and Calore rivers meet, the municipality's history page recalls. In the indicators of IdroGEO, ISPRA's platform on hydrogeological instability, areas of high flood hazard (P3) cover about 5.3 km², 4% of the municipal area, with about 560 residents; those of medium hazard (P2) about 9.6 km² (7.4%), with about 1,140 residents (1.9% of the population). Areas of high and very high landslide hazard are about 1.5% of the territory.

Days per year above the PM10 limit (50 µg/m³)

City figurePeriod: 2024Validsample unknown

Source: SNPA – La qualità dell'aria in Italia nel 2024: PM10, tabella ISQA per stazione (dati ARPA/APPA, provvisori) · Dati 2024 elaborati dalle ARPA/APPA a fine anno, provvisori: le relazioni regionali definitive possono dedurre i superamenti attribuibili a polveri desertiche. Valore limite: max 35 giorni/anno. Stesso numero di giorni alla stazione Benevento Campo Sportivo (urbana fondo, 19). Altra stazione: Beneve

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Missing: temp_jan_avg, temp_jul_avg, rain_days_year