After the frost, the rains return to Sardinia accompanied by a storm of rain and wind : already during the night abundant precipitations began to fall on the island with particular intensity in the eastern sector.
Schools closed in Tortolì and Girasole , while the mayor of Villauptzu, Sandro Porcu , has already the closure of the raised ford on the Flumendosa has been arranged which connects Villaputzu with Muravera and Sarrabus.
The rains, even in the form of torrential rain, will continue to persist on the island until Monday 20th, when the new cyclonic area will begin to leave Italy.
"Great attention between Nuorese - hit by the second emergency in a few hours after the drought of the last few days -, Ogliastra and Supramonte but also in a good part of Baronia and in Sarrabus", explain the meteorologists of the Air Force of Decimomannu.
The Civil Protection has issued a two-day alert , starting from 9 this morning and ending at 11.59 pm on Saturday 18 January. For both days, the entire eastern sector of the island (Flumendosa-Flumineddu and Gallura), from north to south, is colored orange, the eastern sector and the internal areas are colored yellow.
