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The disturbance that has affected south-central Europe will continue to hit Italy in the coming hours with rains and thunderstorms throughout the south-central region. Based on the available forecasts, the Ministry of Civil Protection has issued a new meteorological alert that expands the generalized yesterday and that foresees generalized rains, locally also very intense and accompanied by hailstorms, lightning and strong gusts of wind, starting today. in Sardinia, extending from the early hours of morning to Tuscany, Lazio, Umbria, Marche, Emilia-Romagna, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily. Storm winds are also expected tomorrow in Sardinia, Sicily, Calabria, Basilicata and Puglia. Taking into account the anticipated phenomena, the Department also evaluated an orange alert in six regions: western Calabria, southern sectors of Lazio, northern sectors of Puglia and some sectors of Basilicata, Campania and Sardinia.
There are more than 1,000 rescue interventions carried out by firefighters due to the bad weather that has affected northern Italy and the Tyrrhenian side of the peninsula since yesterday. In particular, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio and Campania participate. This is what we read in a statement from the National Body.
In Lombardy, in the provinces of Varese and Como, interventions for felled trees and static instability continue, 200 relief efforts have been made.
In Emilia Romagna 120 interventions by the fire brigade between Parma and Reggio Emilia. Due to the strong wind in the Perugia area, 150 interventions were carried out due to bad weather. Late yesterday afternoon a tornado hit the Cecina and Rosignano (LI) area, causing damage to the roofs of several homes.
Also in Rome, due to strong gusts of wind, 140 interventions were carried out for felling of trees and static instability.
In Campania, Salerno and Naples hit by bad weather: 230 interventions between the regional capital and Salerno hit by a whirlwind that mainly affected the east.
40 fire brigade interventions in the Potentino area – There were about 40 interventions that the Fire Department carried out from yesterday afternoon until this morning, throughout the province of Potenza, due to the bad weather that has been affecting the Lucan territory for about 24 hours, with strong wind and sometimes rain intense. . The fire brigade intervened due to floods, trees felled on the roads, roofs and billboards torn away: seven teams, seven fire trucks and seven off-road vehicles operated: a total of 35 units.
Snow in Colle Agnello, pass closed until Monday – Colle dell’Agnello, a border crossing between the province of Cuneo and the French Queyras, is closed due to bad weather. The provision was decided by the province of Cuneo in agreement with the General Directorate of the Hautes Alpes Conseil Des Routes, the Transport department that manages the French sector of Colle. The road, which climbs to 2,744 meters (the third highest pass in Europe) will remain closed until 12 noon on Monday, September 28. The hill has been whitewashed since yesterday and the snowplows are in action. The nineteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia, the Busca-Sestriere, is scheduled to take place at the Colle dell’Agnello on Saturday 24 October.
First snow in the Parma Apennines, wind damage – The wind was enemy number one in the province of Parma in the last meteorological alert reported by Civil Protection. The precipitations were not violent in nature, although the first snowfalls fell overnight on the Apennine passes: about two inches above 900 meters. Throughout the province, however, the Fire Department and municipal administration technicians had to intervene for dozens of broken branches but also for several trees that fell to the ground. The most serious episode in the park of the Citadel of Parma where a large plant fell in a meadow without hitting people or things luckily.
Snow in the mountains of Cortina and first cold in the plains – A taste of winter in the Veneto mountains, with the snow that made its appearance in Cortina last night and more consistently in the passes of the Dolomites. A few centimeters thick in the steps, like Falzarego’s, and a subzero thermometer. The peaks of the Ampezzo valley appear all white, as a result of the cold eruption that accompanied yesterday’s bad weather in Veneto. Even in the cities of the plains, the temperature change was abrupt: the minimum fell close to 10 degrees, making it the first cold episode of the new season. Real cold instead in the mountains: Cortina registered 2 degrees, values of 4-5 degrees below zero in altitude. No snow, but heavy hail on the Asiago plateau. The ranchers – Coldirett explains – were not left to be disconcerted by the fall, and in the mountainous areas where the snow arrived today they had already foreseen the transhumance of the cattle in time, releasing the cabins and returning to the farms.
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