Bad weather, the mayor of Limone Piemonte: “Catastrophic situation”. Ormea (Cuneo): “Isolated, without savior”

Isolated municipalities or almost, interrupted roads, collapsed bridges. The consequences of the bad weather that hit the Northwest seem like a war bulletin. In Ormea, where the province of Cuneo borders Liguria, the more than 1,000 inhabitants of the Tanaro Valley have been isolated since last night: they lack light and water, half of the hamlets are isolated and rescuers cannot arrive for now. Mayor Giorgio Ferraris recharge your mobile phone in your car to keep in touch with the outside world. “No rescuers have come to town. It is me, the marshal of the carabinieri, the volunteers and the citizens who are trying to free the roads from landslides – informs the mayor -. The Ligurian state highway and half of the villages are blocked. Schools will be closed for at least a week and even the district heating network running over the bridge was damaged“.

The situation is no better Garessio (Cuneo): “There are no victims, there are no injured, there are no disappeared, but the situation is dramatic. There is a town of 4,000 inhabitants that is without water or electricity and this could last until Tuesday. I have devastating images in front of me. For years we have been calling for the construction of a new bridge – Mayor Ferruccio Fazio told Adnkronos – that can face the Tanaro River when it rises and lets out the water. The project is already underway and is being discussed with the Region ”.

Also in the province of Cuneo is the municipality of Piedmontese lemon that counts the damage ”. A tragic and dramatic situation that cannot be remembered in living memory. We are isolated – says the mayor, Massimo riberi, in the Adnkronos – Due to the flooding of the streams, the Tenda hill state highway is impassable and also an internal road. In addition, the water has washed away a house under construction and there are difficulties in the connections. A disaster. In these hours I have already spoken with the vice president of the Region, Fabio Carosso and the councilor for civil protection, Marco Gabusi, who should be here in the next few hours, if the roads allow it, to personally understand the situation ”. “The situation is catastrophic, streams and streams are overflowing, destroying roads and collapsing a building under renovation. Bad roads, the famous Roman road no longer exists – he tells Amsa – Water and mud invaded Tenda Hill State Highway“In Limone there are 33 evacuees from houses near flooded canals and Trackers arrived to try to reposition the Vermenagna creek bed.to. There is no potable water and most of the country has no electricity. Civil protection volunteers and personal firefighters from Cuneo and Turin also came to the village. “There are problems especially for traffic, given that the winter season is approaching,” added the mayor. An event like this had never happened in the history of the country, it brought us to our knees but we are mountain men and we can do it again ”.

Even the municipalities of Airole (about 400 inhabitants) and Olivetta San Michele (224 inhabitants) on the Italian side of the Roya Valley are practically isolated since last night, as the flooding of the Roya caused the collapse of State Highway 20, just before the tunnel. Village of Trucco, a Ventimiglia. Between Olivetta San Michele and Breil the road collapsed again, but this time on the French side. Also noteworthy is the collapse of the historic roman pedestrian bridge from the village of Fanghetto in Olivetta. Olivetta and Airole are without electricity and to reach the coast they are forced to travel about 36 kilometers by car, passing through Sospel and Menton, in France, continuing to Ventimiglia.
“We order at least one train for the students – says the mayor of Olivetta Adriano Biancheri – and a health center, for example an ambulance ”. At the moment, in fact, the connection with Ventimiglia is also interrupted to emergency vehicles. Impossible, therefore, to continue towards Piedmont and return towards the coast. The only alternative is the road that leads to Menton.

A first estimate of the damage caused by the flood that struck a part of Ventimiglia during the night, as reported by the mayor of the border city, amounts to approximately 54.6 million euros. Gaetano scullino, during a summit with the Governor of Liguria, Giovanni Toti. In the damage account are the mud removal operations, the problems with the aqueduct and sewerage, the Squarciafichi walkway, which has been divided in two, the green areas, the lighting, the embankments and the protection works.