Italy in the grip of extreme weather: red flag in 17 cities but also landslides and storms
Rain and heat caused 2 deaths yesterday in Italy: in the Turin area a 70-year-old drowned in the flooded Frejus river: Bardonecchia has become a "red zone". In the Bologna area a 47-year-old was the victim of an illness on a construction site. In Cortina impressive landslides of debris. And the heat was also said to be the cause of the collapse of one of the giant Generali signs on a skyscraper in Milan. Today a yellow alert for bad weather in Emilia Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto. Campobasso is added today to the 17 cities with a red alert, which today become 18. And the Mediterranean is boiling: up to 26 degrees recorded.
New landslide in Cadore, access to Cortina difficult
A new landslide affected San Vito di Cadore this night, in the Dogana Vecchia area, hitting the state road 51 of Alemagna, making access to Cortina d'Ampezzo difficult from the plain. No vehicles or people were involved. State road 51 was temporarily closed to traffic, in both directions, from km 95,300 to km 92,000 at the height of San Vito di Cadore (Belluno). The landslide has a front of 100 meters long and 4 meters high. The Belluno and Verona firefighters are working with two wheel loaders, an excavator and a truck to restore safety in the area. The teams from Cortina and the San Vito volunteer detachment are also involved.
In Bologna 100 trees in the squares of the center to fight the emergency
Today at 11, in the Luca Savonuzzi press room at Palazzo d'Accursio, the deputy mayor of Bologna Emily Clancy will meet the press to present the project 100 trees in the squares of the center of Bologna to combat the heat and extreme weather.
Trains between Paris and Milan blocked
Rail traffic interrupted for "at least several days" between Paris and Milan after violent storms in the Maurienne, the valley formed by the Arc River, in the French department of Savoie.
Red alert in 18 cities of the country
In Italy, the Ministry of Health has declared a red alert in 18 cities across the country, including Rome, Milan, Florence and Verona. In Bologna, "climate shelters" have been set up and in Ancona, dehumidifiers have been distributed to those in need. This is "one of the most intense heatwaves of the summer", which is also characterized by a particularly long duration, the expert Antonio Spano, founder of the specialized website ilmeteo.it, told AFP. While firefighters were fighting forest fires in several regions of Italy, a 77-year-old woman died on Sunday, suffocated by smoke from a fire that broke out near her home in Potenza. Yesterday, a 70-year-old man died after being swept away by a torrent of water and mud in the Alpine town of Bardonecchia, in Piedmont, near the French border.
Arpa Piemonte: the Bardonecchia event was predictable
"What happened is linked to the geological context of the Alta Valsusa, where these quantities of rain trigger phenomena of very dense mudflows, with a very significant destructive power". This is what Secondo Barbero, general director of Arpa Piemonte, said regarding the flooding of the Frejus torrent in Bardonecchia. "Yesterday's storms recorded almost 40 millimetres of rain in the space of an hour. Unlike two years ago, however, when the rains were limited only to the mountainous part of the Frejus basin, in this case at least 20 millimetres of rain also fell in Bardonecchia, so people were aware of what was happening. Let's say that it was not an unforeseen situation like it was then". And again: "If the same amount of rain had fallen in another part of the region, for example in Turin, it would not have caused a crisis even in the sewer system. Instead, in the Alta Valsusa these phenomena, combined with the presence of debris, slopes and state of degradation of the rocks, lead to these episodes, which seem similar to gray and very dense lava flows".
Belluno: debris flow, closure on SS51 between San Vito di Cadore and Cortina
Closure during the night of the Ss51 of Alemagna between San Vito di Cadore and Cortina, in the province of Belluno due to a debris flow. The latter, the Councilor for the Environment and Civil Protection Gianpaolo Bottacin reports in a post on Fb, is still carrying large quantities of material downstream.
Civil Protection: “Level 3 heatwaves in Palermo today, risk of fires”
For the city of Palermo, "a level 3 heat wave risk (red color)" is expected today. This was announced by the Civil Protection. Maximum perceived temperatures of 37 degrees centigrade are expected. The same temperature and the same level 3 alert are also reported for tomorrow. Finally, the fire risk expected for today is of "medium danger".
Treviso: 25 interventions by firefighters due to bad weather
There were 25 interventions carried out by the Fire Brigade of the Province of Treviso due to the strong wind that hit the territory in the late afternoon of yesterday, June 30. The rescue operations began around 5:30 pm and ended this night around 1:00 am. Flat cuts, unsafe trees and securing unsafe poles and roofs were the main types of intervention. Many municipalities were affected, including Montebelluna, Paese and Ponzano Veneto.
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