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The province of Vercelli says that in these parts such rain “has never been seen in the last 20 years”. Coldiretti kept an eye on the Po levels at the Ponte della Becca in Pavia: three meters more in the space of 24 hours. The regional councilor for civil protection of Liguria, Giacomo Giampedrone, talks about the overflowing of the Roja river in Ventimiglia: “A historic flood. Of this magnitude it occurs every 200 years ». Between Friday afternoon and yesterday morning, the fury of the water was, in fact, “historic” and “never seen in decades” throughout the Northwest (and in part of Emilia). And in the middle of the day – when the rescuers’ helicopters were able to make a full reconnaissance – it was understood that yes, it is true: it had not been many years since it had passed to witness the demonstration of such fragility of the territory.
Collapsed bridges, pieces of roads washed away, abysses, downed telephone lines, downed pylons, widespread blackouts, landslides, muddy roads and, consequently, entire isolated towns. In Romagnano Sesia – we are in the province of Vercelli, at the beginning of Valsesia – yesterday morning the mayor Alessandro Carini and his colleague Daniele Baglione, from nearby Gattinara, made a Facebook direct from the bridge that unites their two communities, from provincial management and closed as a precaution the night before. “We reopened it,” they announced after evaluating with experts that the weather situation was improving. At 1:45 p.m., with the bridge just opened, it descended a full section. At six in the afternoon Alessandro Carini was still there, in front of that disaster, incredulous: «I did not go to sleep because I wanted to be aware of the weather alert situation … after the bridge reopened, however, I went to House. A minute later my deputy mayor called me: “run, everything has collapsed” ». Fatigue is also evident behind the mask, but there are two things that cheer him up. To begin with, “we thank heaven that there is no one to pass when he yielded” and then “I was happy to receive the solidarity of my people and all my advisers.” Another scene, another territory. This time on the Trebbia stream, along state highway 45 between the towns of Marsaglia and Ottone, in the Piacentino area.
Here the central section of the Lenzino has descended, historic bridge on the route between Piacenza and Genoa. Also in this case there are no victims and – as in Romagnano – a past of works started, suspended and resumed several times. Along the Sesia, the bridge towers over the remains of the old one, which also collapsed. The new structure had been built in the sixties and then, in fact, it was retouched several times with the works closed permanently in 2018. The Lenzino had been damaged for some time and, given its poor health conditions, had undergone several checks and interventions. , the last ones carried out in early 2019 with load tests that had opened the way for heavy vehicles. Anas announces an investigation to understand the reasons for the collapse and Governor Stefano Bonaccini asks to clarify the responsibilities, “considering the collapse as” a serious event. “In Piedmont, Liguria and Val d’Aosta there are innumerable roads damaged by the violence of the water. The most critical situation in Limone Piemonte where the state highway 20 Col di Tenda, the one that leads to the tunnel that connects with France, is interrupted because the Vermenagna stream that runs alongside it has removed part of the road.
Mayor Massimo Riberi lists the one who defines “Catastrophic situation”: “We have the internal municipal roads and the entire Roman road that no longer exists, a house under construction has been removed and the downstream car parks have been eroded …”. The river Tanaro, responsible for the collapse of the Bagnasco bridge, in the province of Cuneo, of medieval origin and already damaged by the 1994 flood, was also observed in a special way. Regional 44 of the Lys valley, that of Gressoney which is now isolated. In Crevacuore (Biella) a parapet of the bridge over the Strona gave way, causing the collapse of a part. And then crosswalk bridges and ancient Roman bridges. In Alta Valsesia, between Varallo and Cravagliana, there is a plateau called “Pian delle fate”. However, looking at it yesterday did not evoke anything magical: the Mastallone River has washed away everything, the road is gone.
October 3, 2020 (change October 3, 2020 | 23:48)
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