• Katieushka [they/them,she/her]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      im from italy. the country is small enough to show all the country at once. they show all the places, and then scroll top to bottom saying stuff like "the heat wave is advancing, storms this weekend, the sea is rough, we can expect sunny days". there is also regional networks, which can show a single region's weather.

      • post_trains [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        American population centers are spread pretty far apart compared to Italy. Think of it like if each regione had a local news channel that produces their own content (news, weather, sports) and also airs nightly and morning news programs produced by Rai for the whole country. Remember also that Italy is smaller than California, which doesn't really even do statewide weather on TV iirc, so a really solid national report would be impractical.

        • Katieushka [they/them,she/her]
          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          Think of it like if each regione had a local news channel that produces their own content (news, weather, sports) and also airs nightly and morning news programs produced by Rai for the whole country.

          we litterally do tho

      • spectre [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        They will do the same on a local station which covers a similar amount of territory. Like others said, a national weather report is pretty brief (like 1 minute)