Bad weather, a missing person in the Varese area: overwhelmed by a swollen stream. Tornadoes in Veneto, hail like eggs in the Cremona area

A man missing in the Varese area after being overwhelmed by a swollen stream, people were trapped in a flooded church on the banks of the lake d’Orta, patients of one Residence for the elderly in Milan transferred because at night the wind and rain exposed the roof, the passengers of a to train Evacuees on the Brenner Line: These are just some of the effects of the continuing waves of bad weather that have hit many northern regions since Friday and show no signs of stopping. The missing person, a 38-year-old man from Como, was seeking mushrooms together with a friend near Lake Delio in Maccagno Township with Pino and Veddasca when he was overwhelmed and washed away by a swollen stream. Searches continued throughout the day and were interrupted at night, due to darkness and adverse weather conditions.

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Alert remains high for rain, hail and brakes In the day of contraxodus in which there were queues and delays for those returning from vacation. Heavy traffic on the A14 between Forlì and Bologna, on the Autosole near Florence and at various points in Emilia, on the Autobrennero, in rome barrier from the A27, on the A10 between Ventimiglia and Genoa and also in Puglia. The only positive note for tourists was the Name fall in the Passo dello ski area Stelvio, but the state highway was closed due to strong winds and rain near Bormio. Other roads have been closed due to landslides. It happened on the Regina state highway, the one that borders Lake Como, closed in the morning between Domaso and Gravedona (an area where a provincial highway was also closed due to the collapse of a wall). And it happened in the Alessandria area where a landslide hit the A7, the motorway that connects Milan with Genoa.

There are 520 open interventions by firefighters in Veneto. The most affected provinces are Vicenza and Verona. In the Veronese area – struck last Sunday by the typhoon – at night a storm created floods and uprooted plants, while in the afternoon it was the turn of one twister and a very strong hailstorm, with grains that, in the neighboring province of Cremona and Mantua, had the size of eggs. Huge damage, but still to be quantified in several buildings and especially in crops, no less that of‘grapes since the affected area of ​​Veronese is where Soave is produced. Even greater damage to a tornado in the Vicenza area where he announced tomorrow that the president of the Veneto Luca Zaia will go “to make a first summary count.”

Ad Alexandria the wind reached 67 km per hour and several times there were avenues of streams and landslides, with precipitations of up to 224 mm of rain in a few hours, an amount considered enormous if it falls in three days. TO Until heavy rains made the doors of the Gaia Waste Treatment Center where the water has reached the electrical systems causing the blockage of the processing lines. In Casale Monferrato, a tree collapsed on the roof of a Arci club fortunately without causing injury, while a Genoa Voltri A seventeen-year-old was injured by the wave that broke off the roof of a supermarket due to the whirlwind that hit the city. In the province, in Moneglia, the wind has always uncovered the roof of the La Romantica hotel and the Verde stream has overflowed.

In the afternoon bad weather also arrived in Carnia, with two landslides between Pontebba and Studena Alta and Ovaro due to the rains. In these hours the front has passed through the foothills of Pordenone and is heading towards Carnia and Val Canale. In the Pedemontana area the fall of some trees has been reported. In Venzone (Udine), the Tagliamento has passed the guard level and is under surveillance.

In Trentino it is estimated that the damage to 300 hectares of Vineyard me orchards. Hail, rain and landslides also occurred in Valtellina, while in the city of Milan trees collapsed and water infiltrations led to the blocking of escalators in some metro stations on the Lilac line. The Municipality of Milan has activated the Municipal Operational Center (Coc) to monitor the level of the Seveso and Lambro rivers and the radar and the local teams of Police, Civil Protection and MM water services will be alerted to graduate the activation of the plan. of emergency. The bad weather alarm has also reached Tuscany.