floods, downed trees, subway closures

Autumn thunders in the capital with the first real storm. Just under two hours of rain sent the Eternal City plummeting last night. The scenario is identical to a thousand other times: flooded streets, fallen trees and branches, blackouts and water in some subway stations and transport reduced by half.

Flooded streets: super job for local police

Starting at 7:30 p.m. and for the next two hours, the newsletters infoatac and luceverde marked the debacle of the eternal city. Super job for all night firefighters involved in flooding or downed tree road closures. During night interventions due to floods in via Battistini, on the section from via Bonifazi to Via Cardinale Massimi, in via Portuense, from Piazzale della Radio to Via Quirino Majorana. The via Cilicia underpass, reopened at dawn, was flooded and closed overnight.

Dozens of interventions in just over an hour by Local Police patrols due to the heavy rain that hit the capital. Last night police officers busy in via della Storta, Ponte Salario, via dei Campi Flegrei, Via Cornelia. And also in the historic center with floods in via delle Terme di Caracalla, Porta Capena, Porta Latina. And again via Salaria, via di Villa Troili between Aurelia and Pisana, via di Donna Olimpia, piazzale Ostiense.

The fall of branches has affected by Grotte di Gregna, by Palmiro Togliatti in Ponte Mammolo and by Flaminia in the GRA, by Sette Chiese, by Pincherle, by Portuense. Dozens of road accidents caused by poor visibility and floods. None of which from what was learned with serious injuries.

Crazy transport

Crazy transportation. Starting at 7.30 pm, many stops on line A of the metro were blocked due to “breakdowns” due to bad weather.

#info #attack – #bad weather – metro network update
METRO A:
-Circulation interrupted Octavio<->Battistini (electrical failure). Active shuttle bus service
– Termini-Manzoni-San Giovanni stops closed
Termini and San Giovanni stops for metro B and C, active #Rome

– infoatac (@InfoAtac) September 23, 2020

The Manzoni, Termini, Piazza Vittorio, San Giovanni stations ended up closed due to flooding or power outages. The Re di Roma station has seen its entrances turn into true waterfalls, as you can see in the video below.

After 8:00 p.m. the Ottaviano-Battistini section was interrupted, with substitute buses on the road. Metro Battistini ended up flooded. Outside, however, a lake welcomed the citizens, forced to wade their way home. At Roma Lido, the circulation between Piramide and Acilia was interrupted for almost an hour by a branch of the power line. At Termini, a blackout left the weather station in darkness. Civil protection also supports passengers in the dark.

Resentments also to the traffic of trams. In the Belle Arti-Valle Giulia area, due to damage due to bad weather, lines 2 and 19 were interrupted. Line 3 was forced to limit itself to Pyramid for the same reason. Line 8 stops near the Miur. On the other hand, there are countless buses that are forced to wade through the waters on interrupted roads and lines.