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The wave of bad weather gives no respite. As expected from the “orange” level weather alert launched yesterday by Civil Protection, the rain and strong wind have not abated in the city for more than 12 hours. The capital, on the day of the Immaculate Conception, woke up under water and the first damages are already registered.
On the coast, during the night, the strong wind destroyed the cabins of the La Vecchia Pineta spa in Ostia. Part of the structures ended up on the street. In the act, the agents of the Local Police, who immediately closed the promenade, and the volunteers of the Los Angeles Civil Protection group. Also in Ostia, in via Piola Casella, a fallen tree damaged five cars parked on the street.
There are several drawbacks in the city even in the early hours of the morning. In via Appia Nuova, near via Raffaele de Cesare, the road was closed due to the presence of trees on the road. And there is still slowdown in traffic due to flooding in viale Palmiro Togliatti and viale di Tor di Quinto.
Tiber at risk of flooding
Special vigilance for this wave of bad weather, the Tiber River. The special department of the Local Police, with the help of the territorial groups, has reinforced control services along the banks of the river, to allow access to the docks to be safe from possible floods, as ordered Civil protection. The controls also affected the stability of all the moorings of the floats, to avoid being carried away by the current. Yesterday there was the evacuation of about 70 people, including homeless people and guests aboard the floats, due to the risks associated with the flooding of the river.
Due to the storms, a pier had detached from the shore and was taking off and only thanks to some agents of the White Helmets River Protection Department was it possible to secure it with a rope, to avoid drift, while waiting for the intervention of the Fire Department. . Nowadays, the patrols are carrying out more controls at the accesses to the floodplains of the two rivers and Aniene. Checks that lasted all night.
An incessant rain that has been hitting the capital for days. Apart from a small pause yesterday afternoon, the storms and strong winds have not stopped since last weekend, when the interventions of the local police of Rome Capital and the firefighters were about 250 in the city. Here also flooded and closed roads, and also abysses – see in Via Latina, Alberone area – that opened under the weight of heavy rain.
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