It has already caused deaths, missing people and displaced people in northern Europe , and now the fury of storm Ciaran has arrived in Italy , where there are already eight victims and two missing in Tuscany.
Torrential rain and gusts of wind up to 130 km/h will lash much of the central-northern regions of our country at least until Sunday.
In Tuscany , the Prato area is one of the most affected , with flooding of torrents. In the province of Florence , the Bisenzio river flooded in Campi . In Veneto , in the Belluno area, an off-duty firefighter, who was helping his father to arrange sandbags along the bank of a stream, slipped, ending up in the waterway swollen by the rain, in the area between Puos d'Alpago and Bastia (Belluno). The firefighters started searching immediately, but the rainfall is hampering the operations.
The rivers are under observation: the peak of the Adige flood is expected for this morning in Trento and for the late afternoon in Verona. In Vicenza the increase in the level of the Bacchiglione and the streams led to the decision to open the lamination basins. in Florence the Arno is under special surveillance.
Red alert also in Friuli , with Trenitalia suspending train circulation on the Portogruaro-Casarsa and Portogruaro-Trieste routes, and the eastern Veneto transport company also suspended all bus connections to Friuli.
Orange alert in Trentino. The watercourses and slopes are under observation for possible landslides; Lower temperatures and wind are on the way. Same "colour" in Emilia-Romagna, where strong thunderstorms are expected, particularly in the central-eastern mountain areas. The Ligurian East remains orange and worries the sea: waves of up to six meters are expected.
In Milan there is concern about a new flooding of the Seveso . Meanwhile it is raining heavily and the recommendation to citizens is not to stand under trees and scaffolding, as well as securing pots on balconies. Fear also in Rome , where in the morning a water bomb hit the city with flooded streets and uprooted trees and branches.
«Another night of fear and pain in the Centre-North , especially in Tuscany, where the victims are mourned and prayers are being made for the missing» were the words of the Minister for Civil Protection, Nello Musumeci . «I am in constant contact with our head of the Civil Protection department Fabrizio Curcio and I have assured the president of the Region Eugenio Giani that the government is ready to declare a state of national emergency. We remain on alert: the Arno river remains under special surveillance and the widespread risk of landslides remains."
(Unioneonline/vl)