Weather: tornadoes and storms in Tuscany and the North, people injured and damage. Closed parks in Milan

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A strong wave of bad weather is breaking down on Northern Italy. In Liguria a storm brought the cabins from the beaches onto the railway line. Damage also in Ferrara where a crane fell on terraced houses. Tornado on Bondeno. There hailstorm, then, it destroyed a series of crops in the Spezzino area. News of injured people in Tuscany with the new wave of bad weather this morning they come from various locations in the region.

I’m 3 the injured people at Fornaci di Barga (Lucca) for the detachment of a roof during the storm that swept Tuscany this morning with gusts of strong wind. The roof of a house torn off fell on three cars. You are the people involved three of which were wounded and helped for this. Among these, a man who was traveling in a Kia and suffered a head injury but is not in danger of life and neither are the others. On the spot, carabinieri firefighters and 118 ambulances who transferred the wounded to the hospital in Lucca. TO Village to Mozzano the wind caused serious damage to the elderly center without causing any injuries. Electricity outages have been recorded in many areas of the province of Lucca. Also in Florence a similar situation for the fall of plants. According to the municipal police, a tree fell in Viale Fanti, near the stadium, on a car with two occupants who were slightly injured. TO Mass there was the whirlwind that caused the injury of a maintenance worker inside a coach depot. TO Florence a person in the Galluzzo market hit by a branch was injured, a Cooper a tree went on a camper in a camping: there are people inside, the firefighters explain, but they would not be injured.

A violent storm with strong gusts of wind hit the Tuscan coast from north to south, so the bad weather has spread within the region. Damage in Versilia for falling plants, even on some cars. Several bathing establishments had broken tents, and chairs and deck chairs and umbrellas were blown away by the strong wind. Damage also to the cabins. TO Viareggio damage also to the roof of a restaurant in a bathroom on the Promenade, the place where the street market was being held. Flooding a Marina of Vecchiano (Pisa), fallen trees forced the Anas to close sections of state roads such as the Aurelia at km 323 in Pisa, the Sarzanese-Valdera in Lajatico (Pisa), the Passo del Cerreto road at km 12.4 in Fivizzano (Massa Carrara). Blackout in Capezzano di Camaiore (Lucca) where the electricity went out. Once the roof of an apartment building in Pietrasanta (Lucca) collapsed, the firefighters are working to secure it. Fallen trees also in Cascina (Pisa). In Florence another tree fell on the Strozzi-Fallaci tramway stop at the Fortezza, no injuries but damage to the power line. The Gest company prepares shuttle buses awaiting repairs, both here and in the Cascine where a tree hit a tram, damaging its pantograph and blocking the line to Scandicci. Plants were thrown down by the wind in Bagno a Ripoli and other places in the Florentine Chianti.

HAIL AND TRUMPETS IN LIGURIA, TRAIN CIRCULATION BETWEEN CHIAVARI AND SESTRI LEVANTE SUSPENDED

A violent storm that hit the coast between Chiavari And Sestri Levanteon the Genoa-La Spezia line, has transferred materials and even some cabins from the beaches on the railway line damaging the power line. The movement of trains on the section has been suspended. RFI technicians are on site and buses have been requested for the replacement service. The bad weather hit hard on Eastern Tigullio. The strong storm caused a lot of damage to the coast between Chiavari and Sestri Levante. Some cabins of the bathing establishments have been slammed onto the nearby railway line in Cavi di Lavagna. Even in Chiavari uncovered roofs, flooding, collapsed trees. TO Sestri Levante dozens of cars were damaged by hail and tiles flying from the roofs. “We are taking action to request a state of disaster given the extraordinary extent of the damage “, writes the mayor of Sestri Levante Valentina Ghio on his Facebook profile which closes by launching an appeal in consideration of the weather development: “A new whirlwind is coming, I ask you not to go out and stay away from the seafront until the end of the storm”.

Hailstones as big as walnuts, wind up to 120 km per hourtornadoes and pouring rain hit the whole Liguria central between Genoa and Tigullio in the early morning. On the heights of Genoa up to three cm of rain fell in just a few minutes. In some hamlets of the La Spezia area, the hail broke windows in the houses, destroyed fruit trees, vegetable gardens and crops. The most important damage, at the moment, in the Tigullio where, in addition to the railway traffic which is still suspended due to damage to the electricity network and materials transported on the tracks, the fury of the wind has caused trees and branches to fall on the Aurelia and on the A12 between Recco and Rapallo where shortly after 8 o’clock, 2 km of queue for branches and small trunks ended up on the roadway, queue now resolved. A Blackboard windows and cars damaged by hail. Fire Brigade at work. According to Arpal observations, some storm cells are rising from the sea towards the Liguria of Centro Levante.

RAIN IN LOMBARDY, CLOSED PARKS IN MILAN. ORANGE ALERT IN LOMBARDY AND VENETO

It rains on Milan and on a large part of the Lombardy where at the moment no particular damage is reported, while yesterday a violent storm broke out in the lower Mantua, which caused the flooding of some basements. An alert issued by the civil protection had already foreseen the arrival of thunderstorms for yesterday and also the Risk Monitoring Functional Center of the Lombardy Region had issued a weather alert on the Milan hydraulic node from late yesterday afternoon.

In particular, an orange alert was issued on Milan (moderate risk) for strong thunderstorms, yellow (ordinary risk) for hydrogeological risk, and from midnight yesterday for hydraulic risk. For this reason, as a precaution, also in consideration of the long drought of recent times, the Municipality of Milan has decided to leave the fenced parks closed and invited citizens to be careful and preferably not to park in cars or on foot under the trees, near the scaffolding of construction sites, dehors and tents and in general all the artifacts that can be moved by the wind. The Milanese are also asked to secure objects and vases on windowsills, balconies and open spaces. The Municipal Operations Center (COC) of the Civil Protection is active until the alert is closed to monitor and coordinate any interventions, as well as the plan for monitoring underpasses and areas affected by possible flooding of the Seveso and Lambro rivers.

DAMAGES IN THE FERRARESE AREA. A CRANE FALLS ON TERRACED HOUSES

Damage, from bad weather – due to high intensity rainfall in the afternoon and yesterday evening – also in the Ferrara area. The most serious episodes a Bondeno, hit by a tornado and in the hamlet of Boara in Ferrara where a crane, following the strong wind, collapsed on some houses. There were no injuries, but significant damage to the structures.

“A crane – wrote the mayor of Ferrara on his Facebook profile, Alan Fabbri – fell on three terraced houses in Boara. No injuries, rescuers are on site for the evacuation and control of the apartments. Also present was the councilor for civil protection, Nicola Lodi. Ready to find an immediate solution for families “.

In the Este capital, the wind caused trees to fall on the streets and uncovered some panels and road signs. In the province, inconvenience to traffic due to fallen trees on the roads connecting with the Modenese it’s at Bondeno, hit by a whirlwind with various damage to buildings, even with open roofs, but no damage to people recorded. The past, observes on his Facebook profile the mayor of Bondeno, Simone Saletti was “a long night to cover once again our entire territory deeply affected by an anomalous storm and take stock of the containment of the emergency.

Many civil defense teams, volunteer fire brigades from Bondeno and effective from different commands of many provinces, law enforcement still at work. The next hours – he adds – will be dedicated to the census of the massive damages “. In this regard he points out,” a dedicated email address will be active. I had a telephone conversation with President Bonaccini and with the regional councilor Priolo who guaranteed the maximum support of Emilia-Romagna in Bondeno. “And on the situation of Bondeno, also on Facebook, Bonaccini himself spoke last night. “In Bondeno – he writes – whirlwind: damage to public and private assets. Regional civil protection has already been activated and I have heard, together with the councilor Priolo, the mayor Saletti. Tomorrow morning on-site inspection “.

Source: Ansa

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