Floods in Liguria, closed the A7. Train lines interrupted by … – Il Sole 24 Ore

Floods in Liguria, closed the A7. Train lines interrupted by … – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published on 13 October 2014 at 09:54.
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It’s still an emergency in Liguria to the heavy rain that insists on different areas. Until midnight today remains the state of maximum alert issued by the civil protection. On the A7-Genova Serravalle, a little after eight this morning was closed on the stretch between Busalla and Vignole, in the direction of Milan, due to flooding. This was announced Motorways for Italy, which, in all vehicles to Milan from both the A10 is the A12, advised to take the A26 Genova-Voltri Gravellona Toce.

Railway Transport tilt in the hinterland of Genoa, where he is coming down a real storm. The lines Genoa-Milan-Genoa and Alessandria are interrupted between Arquata Scrivia and Cassano Spinola for floods dall’esondazione of a stream to Arquata Scrivia. Movement of trains suspended even on the Genoa-Ovada between Roussillon and Campoligure to flooding on the railway site near the village of Roussillon. The State Railways have established an alternative bus service but at the moment the vehicles can not move because many roads were affected by landslides and flooding. On-site technicians are working RFI and several teams of firefighters.

In late yesterday evening in Genoa-Bolzaneto, in the district of San Quirico, 60 families were evacuated from their homes as a precaution due to the swelling of a stream that flows under the road. Via Bobbio, in the district of Marassi, other 8 families have been displaced due to the risk of structural failure of a building. One hundred people had been displaced in the previous days. The Municipality of Genoa has meanwhile announced the suspension of Tasi, IMU and Tari for those who have been damaged in the flood.

In the meantime, it is already operating the team of officials from the Department of Civil Protection who will assist the flood emergency response activities, coordinated at this time by the Prefect of Genoa in connection with the President of the Region Liguria and the mayors of the municipalities concerned. The team was activated at the request of the Regional Infrastructure Raffaella Paita and will focus on the integration of mobile columns from outside the region. Following the request from the Liguria additional resources have been set up regional mobile columns of Piedmont and Emilia Romagna three mobile columns of voluntary organizations of civil protection at the national level, Anpas, Fir-CB and Prociv Italy, for a total of 243 operators and 66 means. On the territory, are operating more than 250 units of the Fire Brigade, 200 army personnel to restore roads, more than 300 units of the police, more than 120 units of the Italian Red Cross and over 700 volunteers of the regional system, which is added the staff of the Region, prefectures and local authorities and the companies services.

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