Milan: one-month rain in one night Slight damage to the Bergamo area – Climate

As expected, it was a night of storms and strong thunderstorms in the north “due to a disturbance coming from Spain, fed by very hot and humid air. We also had high intensity thunderstorms with hail and gusts of wind, especially in Liguria, Piedmont, Lombardy, Western Emilia and in the Triveneto. Milan was hit hard, where peaks of 120-140 millimeters or more fell in one night than the expected average rain throughout the month of May (95 mm), with floods from Lambro and Seveso, floods, blackouts and many inconveniences.. Hail storms and floods also affected Piedmont (particularly Alexandrine), Piacentino, Parmense, Mantovano, Veronese and Vicentino, with local puviometric peaks of more than 40 mm “.

Bergamasca has not been hit so hard. There is slight and isolated damage, at least in the balance of the morning. TO Ludrigno de Ardesio there was one falling rocks that determined the establishment of unidirectional alternative traffic on the provincial highway, In Alzano Lombardo
, in the village of Nese, In the morning, the local police intervened with a patrol on via Meer and via Europa and another on via dei Corni and via Ghilardi. The most delicate situation on the last street, where a landslide with damage to the road surface occurred. Bergamo firefighters also intervened due to the abundant water leakage from the sewers and the beginning of the floods on the other streets of Nese. The road leading to Monte di Nese was patrolled by the Alzano Civil Protection, but fortunately after the morning water pump the situation returned to normal. The Nesa stream on the Ranica border is also monitored to increase the flow after the night storm.

“Meanwhile, the south has been hit by an intense African heat wave, so much so that for two consecutive days May records were broken in different areas of Sicily – continues Ferrara from 3bmeteo.com – 40.3 ° C was registered at the Cnr headquarters in Palermo: Palermo Boccadifalco record with 38.9 ° C, also record in Punta Raisi with 39.4 ° C (previous record 38.9 in May 2008) and also in Ustica with 32.2 ° C (previous record 32 ° C). Peaks of more than 35-36 ° C have also been reached in Campania, Calabria, Basilicata and Puglia. Also noteworthy is the strong wind from Scirocco, with gusts of over 70-80 km / h, particularly in the Messina Tirrena and Bari region, with significant damage to crops and vineyards, up to 100 km / h in the Apennines. To this were added the fires, in particular between Sicily and Calabria, among the most serious than in the A20 Messina-Palermo with evacuations to Spadafora »

“Even over the weekend you will see an meteorologically divided Italy in two: more scattered rains and storms are expected in the north, especially on Saturday, May 16, although they should not be as violent as the night before.”. Occasional phenomena can also affect the Center where, however, more sun conditions will prevail. In the south it will continue to be hot, with a new African wave, especially between Sicily, Calabria, Basilicata and Salento »concludes 3bmeteo.com

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