Tree falls on a tent at a campsite in Marina di Massa: two sisters aged 3 and 14 die

the storm, wind. A tree does not stop and fall. Under the trunk of a 4-meter poplar and the branches, a curtain of camping. Inside too two girls, 14 years and 2 and a half years. The smallest dies instantly, the greatest a few hours after admission to intensive care. Slightly injured his 19-year-old older sister. Unharmed parents. The family would be of Moroccan origin but living in Italy, in Turin. It happened in the night a Marina di Massa, in the province of Massa Carrara, in Camping Verde Mare. 118 self-medics from Massa and Querceta, an ambulance from Massa, police and firefighters intervened in the event. The Pegaso rescue helicopter was also requested to intervene but it was not possible to intervene due to the strong wind. The coastal area of ​​the province of Massa Carrara was also affected by a tornado. “The pain that struck this family is unimaginable, a tragedy that hurts the heart”,that is why the Minister of the Environment Sergio Costa before the news of the death of the two little sisters. “I cling to the Turin family of the two girls who tragically lost their lives in Marina di Massa,” said the president of the Tuscany Region. Enrico Rossi.

Always in Tuscany firefighters command Siena I’m at work because of the bad weather that hit the province last night. In the church of Sant’Andrea, in the hamlet of Mucigliano, in Asciano, it collapsed the bell candle as well as a part of the coverage. The firefighters have guaranteed the safety of the pieces that have been detached; It was also necessary to close the road, pending the intervention of a company to restore it. No people involved. The interventions also Meadow by the tornado that hit the city at night. Three rescue teams are involved. Unsafe branches and flood damage are the most frequent requests, as well as an elevator stopped due to a blackout and a fire in the electrical system. At 8.10 am a team of firefighters, with personnel specialized in water rescue, intervened to rescue a woman who had ended up in the Ombrone stream, on the Cicogne bridge, in Viale Unione Europea. The woman, who fell in an attempt to retrieve her dog, was recovered, along with the animal, by the rescue team.

North, serious situation in the province of Vicenza – The interventions of the fire brigade are also developed in different areas of the North of the country. In Veneto from tornado and rain damage with downed and unsafe trees, uprooted structures, landslides. The duty shift in Vicenza has been doubled, teams and vehicles have been sent in support from Venice, Treviso and Belluno; Reinforcements arrived from Padua to Verona. In the last 24 hours between Lombardy and Veneto there were more than 1,000 interventions . 250 instead rescue operations in Friuli Venezia Giulia – Here too rooftops, landslides and people blocked by water in their cars have faced firefighters throughout the night. Meanwhile the 38 year old mushroom hunter searches disappeared since yesterday, when it was engulfed by the flood of a torrent in Lake locality, in the Varese area. Mountain rescue, firefighters and carabinieri are working at the scene.

“It is a dramatic budget, wind that exceeds 150 kilometers per hour, 150 houses, dozens of warehouses, public infrastructures: once again we are on our knees.” The governor of Veneto said so Luca zaia at the headquarters of the Coc de Arzignano, in the province of Vicenza, together with the mayor Alessia Bevilacqua. “There is a lot of damage – adds the president of the Region – this morning I spoke with the head of Civil Protection Borrelli this morning, on Tuesday there will be an inspection, but I will make an extension of the state of emergency from Verona, so that even these The facts fall within of this period of atmospheric adversity. After that we will do the damage count and ask for damages ”. “Every time I go to the works of the tragedies, I do not find medicines – concludes Zaia – but people who work and clean. It is true that the problem that the President of the Region has before these events is that after 24, 48 hours everything is clean and someone always thinks that we have invented everything.

Liguria, situation under control – “It rained a lot on both Valpolcevera and on the Val di vara: more than 200 mm of water fell but we have no significant damage, a sign that the risk mitigation work has worked ”. The governor said so Giovanni toti during the point about the bad weather that hit Liguria during the night and exhausted its potential in the morning “There is a train tied to the wind” that will turn from Scirocco to Libeccio causing an increase in waves: “the sea – said Toti -” is increasing and it will grow in the next few hours, we expect a wave peak ”at the end of the afternoon. In fact, intense storm surges are expected at night.

Today red alert in Lombardy; orange in Trentino Alto Adige, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Tuscany and Veneto; yellow in Emilia Romagna, Lazio, Marche, Piedmont and Umbria