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The situation in northwestern Italy remains critical due to record rains in recent hours. A firefighter is died in Aosta crushed by the collapse of a tree caused by rain. The same firefighters are also looking for two missing persons in Col di Tenda, in the province of Cuneo, and in Varallo Sesia, in the Vercelli area, where in the last hours the wave of bad weather that is affecting the whole region. It is about a boy who was circulating on the road between Doccio and Crevola, in the Vercelli area, which has partially collapsed. With the missing person was a second person, who instead was saved.
Great damage caused to Piedmontese lemon from the flooding of the Vermegnano stream: the city is isolated after the closure of the Vernante state road. In Garessio and Ceva the Tanaro was flooded, which in Ormea exceeded the flood values of 1994 and 2016, before falling below the alert levels. Flood too Borgosesia, in the province of Vercelli, where the record wave of Sesia, which reached 8.54 meters, caused widespread flooding. For security reasons, all bridges have been closed since last night, parked cars have been submerged by water at various points in the town. Flooding a Mergozzo, in Verbano Cusio Ossola, in Candoglia, where according to ARPA data, more than 214 mm of rain fell in the last 12 hours. Alterations also in the province of Biella, where landslides and blackouts are registered. Meanwhile, it has stopped raining in Turin, where Po levels have risen overnight with values below thresholds, while more substantial increases are recorded for Dora Baltea. The orange alert is maintained, confirmed yesterday afternoon by the ARPA, the Regional Environmental Protection Agency, which foresees a progressive attenuation of the phenomena only from late in the morning, with residual rains in the Verbano.
The province of Vercelli: “Critical situation, stay at home”
On the other hand, the rains continue in the north of Piedmont: according to the findings of the ARPA in Verbano, Sambughetto, the total rain fell 622mm, 598mm to Candoglia, where the Toce has exceeded the danger level. TO Vercelli, the historic bridge over the Sesia River that continues towards Borgo Vercelli and Novara was closed as a precaution after critical levels reached by the watercourse. Rogge and the canals on the boundary are reported both in the capital and in the Lower Vercelli part of the area. “The situation at dawn today is very critical throughout the provincial road network – writes the Province of Vercelli on Facebook -. There are levels of water never seen in the last 20 years. Most of our road network is closed or compromised. The invitation is to stay homeIn the Cuneo area in recent hours there has been a reduction in the intensity of the rains. In Garessio el Tanaro, flooded during the night, it has once again fallen below the alert level.
Liguria, Ventimiglia submerged by mud
The situation is critical not only in Piedmont but also in Liguria: the damage was incalculable in Ventimiglia, where the Roya flooded yesterday at midnight, flooding the entire city with water and mud. As Il Secolo XIX tells us this morning, the residents woke up in a nightmare that is very similar to that of the previous floods and were forced to remove shovels and brooms to free shops and cellars from the mud. The Squarciafichi footbridge, symbol of the city and connection of the center with the Navy, was devastated by the fury of the water.
Bad weather also in France: 12 missing in the interior of Nice
The wave of severe weather that hit the Alpes-Maritimes, especially inland Nice, has subsided but the search for 12 missing people continues, including two firefighters who intervened during the exceptional floods that hit the area. The last early morning weather report indicated “light rains” to induce authorities to revoke the “red watch.” More than 700 firefighters have been mobilized and another 150 are on the way. Helicopters also participate, called to fly over the area now that the weather is more favorable. “We have many houses that have been razed or destroyed, cities like Saint-Martin-Vèsubie are isolated from the world,” firefighters said.
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