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The Scura Valley involves the eastern slope of the complex of the Reatini Mountains (Central Apennines, Italy); it is crossed in its entirety by the Scura Torrent, tributary of the Velino River.
Flood and gravitational phenomena in the Scura Valley occurred on December 1st and 2nd 2010, were attributable to extreme meteorological conditions. In the final days of November and in the early days of December 2010, abundant snowfalls occurred on the Reatini Mountains, accompanied by intense and prolonged rainfalls. Within a few days, the temperature plummeted to −1.5°C and rapidly rose (Terminillo, Micigliano, Posta, Antrodoco and Leonessa meteorological stations).
The thermal rise favoured the melting of the snow that had accumulated in the higher parts of the valley, and the intense concomitant rainfalls determined the triggering of widespread debris flows.
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Guarino, P.M., Menotti, R.M., Motteran, G., Serafini, R. (2013). Flood and Slope Processes in the Scura Valley (Reatini Mts., Central Apennines, Italy). Meteo-climatic Analysis and Geomorphological Evolution. In: Margottini, C., Canuti, P., Sassa, K. (eds) Landslide Science and Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31337-0_31
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