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Heavy rains caused floods today at north of Italy activating the red alarm in some areas of Veneto (northeast), Friuli (north) and the province of Bolzano, in the extreme north of Italy.
In a few hours, the firefighters In the Veneto region, more than 400 emergency operations were carried out between the Belluno, Vicenza, Treviso and Venice regions.
“Due to the risk of landslides and avalanches due to bad weather, I urge everyone to avoid traveling to the province of Belluno,” Luca Zaia, president of the Veneto region, told the Ansa news agency.
In Modena, in Emilia-Romagna (north), the Panaro river overflowed, causing residents to be evacuated from their homes in some areas where the water rose to 1.5 meters. Residents of these areas were asked to take refuge in the upper floors of their homes. Aid to the fire brigade came from Tuscany and Piedmont.
THE rail traffic between Bolzano and the Brennero pass on the Austrian border, where heavy snow fell, he was detained for security reasons due to the risk of avalanches and falling rocks and trees, as well as on the A22 motorway between Vitipeno and Brennero. The city of Bolzano is only accessible by motorway, as the other access roads are closed.
The avalanche alarm went off in the Dolomites and Alto Adige (in the far north), where firefighters carried out 500 operations in the last 24 hours.
Another consequence of the bad weather is that the football match between Udinese and Atalanta was postponed because the stadium was flooded.
In the last 24 hours, the level of the Po, the largest river in Italy, has risen 2.5 meters. “The condition of the largest Italian river is representative of the state of the waterways in the northern part of the peninsula, in Veneto a small bridge collapsed into a torrent in Gozaldo”, according to Coldireti, one of the largest agricultural associations.
The south of the country, although less affected, did not escape the bad weather: in Sicily, A strong storm hit Messina last night, flooding the streets. Maritime connections to the Aeolian Islands (north of Sicily) have been cut since Saturday due to strong winds.
