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Part of the roof of a nursing home (RSA) blown by the wind in via Arsia in Quarto Oggiaro. And then numerous fallen trees, smashed billboards, destroyed cars and clogged fire stations. A violent storm hit the Lombard capital on Friday night at approximately 9:30 p.m., causing damage especially in the northern part of the city. Firefighters intervened in various situations, including clearing the streets of trees and branches. And the forecasts are not reassuring: throughout the weekend, a violent phase of bad weather is looming in northern Italy (Sunday also in the center) with a high risk of severe thunderstorms, storms, but also hailstorms. The Civil Protection has issued the orange alert (early warning status) in some sectors of Lombardy, as well as in the autonomous province of Bolzano and in Veneto, Piedmont and Liguria due to adverse weather conditions: intense showers, frequent electrical activity, local hailstorms and strong gusts of wind. For Saturday, a very cloudy sky is expected in most of the northern regions, with widespread and even strong thunderstorms in the pre-alpine and alpine areas and hailstorms in the Po Valley. Maximum temperatures are dropping significantly, even by 10 degrees.
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Bad weather, damage in Milan: flooded streets and fallen trees
A complex transfer operation was needed at the Pastor Angelicus retirement home in via Arsia: after the roof was uncovered, around 9 pm, a dozen guests were brought, in the rain, amid Covid security measures, for 118 ambulances. found a place in another RSA, which was Covid free. The patients who were in an isolated ward on the top floor, awaiting the result of the swab, were transferred to another place in the group, in via Paravia. Firefighters are also on site to secure the roof.
On Friday afternoon bad weather hit Lombardy, in particular the Bresciano area, where torrential rains struck at around 2.30pm between Rovato and Ospitaletto, causing motorways, urban and suburban roads to plummet. The Brescia traffic police intervened on 45 where traffic between Prevalle and Brescia was blocked by the completely flooded underpass. On the A4 between Brescia and Ospitaletto, towards Milan, there are several rear-end collisions, all without injuries, caused by the water on the asphalt.
In the province of Como, numerous interventions by firefighters starting at night between Friday and Saturday. The most affected area is Altolago, with floods and landslides that also caused the closure of the Regina state highway near Vercana, between Gera Lario and Domaso. The road was flooded with mud, logs and debris, and fortunately no people were involved. The road is blocked and closed to traffic. Dongo and Gravedona ed Uniti are among the areas affected by the rain, where a retaining wall collapsed. Also in this case the road is temporarily closed. Dozens of requests for help from firefighters for floods, downed trees and landslides.
Problems also in the Lecco area: state road 36 on Friday Del Lago di Como and Spluga were temporarily closed to traffic, heading north, at Colico Piano (Lecco), due to the flooding of the road. Anas announced that on Saturday traffic was restored on State Highway 36, as well as 233 Varesina and 42 in Tonale and Mendola.
Coldiretti has launched an alarm for the campaigns with the arrival of storms with hail, the most feared in this seasonal phase due to the irreversible damage it causes to the cultivation of fruit and vegetables in the field and to the harvest. (contributed by Anna Campaniello)
29 August 2020 | 07:32
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