EMERGENCY FLOOD
Milan , November 16, 2014 – 09:42
The storm ravaged the North West of Italy causing flooding in many areas and considerable discomfort. After the torrential rains that have battered especially on Saturdays Piedmont, Lombardy and Liguria in many areas has returned a pale sun, waiting for the new disturbances announced on Monday. The Civil Protection has launched a new weather alert-critical “red” in Lombardy and Liguria, but will be back in the rain across Northern Ireland and the Tyrrhenian areas. Once again there are the victims of the bad weather, a sixteen year old and his grandfather, Cerro Laveno, in Varese, were swept away by a landslide while they were at home; a 21-year-old drowned in Alba: his car is skidding ending in Rio Braccoli, swollen by the rain. It is instead still missing Ballastrero Luciano, 67, who in Serra Riccò was overwhelmed by the wave of flood while he was driving. In Milan, where he re-entered the flooding of the Seveso and Lambro and there are damages to the neighborhoods under water and engineers are still working to restore electricity, transport and roads.
The worst budget comes from Cerro Laveno, in Varese, in the night between Saturday and Sunday are dead grandfather and grandson, swept away by a landslide that fell apart from the hill above it while they were in their house on Via Reno, Laveno Mombello. The victims are a 73 year old man and his grandson 16. The man was recovered by firefighters around 2:15 on Sunday. The girl was still alive when she was rescued, hit by a concrete block, but she died shortly after. Instead unharmed the man’s wife and the mother of the girl who were in the same house, a duplex on the Provincial 69.
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Landslide in Varese, two dead
“They were all worried that the hillside could collapse ‘
The house was hit by a mudslide shortly before midnight. The cause of the landslide – says the Marshal of the Society of Diomedes Luino – the heavy rain fall Saturdays, 50 mm in the afternoon, he did sell the land. The family living in the house had long been concerned about the risk that it could slide down the hill, refer some neighbors. In the past there had been in fact several landslides on the hill including the most serious, in 1993 and 2000. “In the past have been made consolidation work – said the mayor of Lavemo Mombello Graziella Giacon – we collected the papers and We handed over to the police who are conducting the investigation. Certainly there was no notice of the landslide – said the mayor – ours is a very delicate area in terms of hydrogeological ‘. The landslide destroyed part of the house and the plumbing and gas industry.
Genoa, collapses cemetery, coffins in the stream
The situation remains very serious in Genoa where there ‘is still a trace of Ballastrero Luciano, 67, who had left home to go to secure their car parked near the bed of a stream. The flood of the river swept the mezzo.Non only. About 70 coffins are missing after the collapse of a retaining wall of the cemetery of white lead in Bolzaneto, in the west of Genoa. Bare zinc have been identified in Polcevera overflows Saturdays. The wall has collapsed to about 50 meters, in the rubble comes a box with a skull ossuary. The cemetery is closed and guarded by police. Several Finally, the streets still flooded.
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Genoa collapsed retaining wall at the cemetery, coffin in the river Polcevera
Liguria, trains sob
Sunday morning remained closed dell’A10 the stretch between Genoa and Genoa Voltri Pegli in the direction of Genoa. Motorways in Italy says that on Saturday night, work continued consolidation of the landslide in the course of which were found in some parts of the acceleration displacements due to heavy rains. The affected area is completely external to the property motorway. Late in the morning of Sunday, was reopened the A10 between the exits of Albenga and Borghetto. For users traveling on the A10 to Genova can be used as an alternative to the SS1 Aurelia. Users coming from the north and heading to Genoa, Italy, Autostrade per recommended instead of using the A7 Milan-Genoa. Although the railway blocked for flooding along the Ventimiglia-Genoa between Andora Albenga.
Italy- Albania will be played as scheduled
The match between Italy and Albania on Tuesday 18 in Genoa will be played regularly. This was confirmed by the Director General of the Football Federation, Michael Uva. “We heard the mayor and the prefect of Genoa. For their part, there was a willingness to play for now this is the situation, “said Uva.
Milan night without rain
She is slowly returning to normal the situation in Milan, where it had stopped raining by Saturday night. On the night she returned the flooding of the Seveso and teams of Firefighters, Local Police and Civil Defence have worked tirelessly to reopen 30 city streets closed for rain, however, many homes were still without power Sunday evening elettrica.Per As for the subways, the traffic is around 17 regular session on Sunday. He continued to record only a delay. After 16 even the M3 – which circulated between Central Station and Maciachini – has taken over the service.
Lakes supervised, Maggiore and Orta growing
Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta special surveillance in Piedmont after Heavy rains on Saturday. The water level in spite of the rain ceased, and continues to rise in the coming hours will peak of the flood. In the night between Saturday and Sunday was evacuated as a precaution Hospital of Omega, where the waters of Lake Orta have flooded the ground floor, dining room, kitchen and stores. Firefighters have been working for a long time, by operating with a draining pump pumps had been started in days. Many, in the province of Verbania and Novara to, roads closed due to landslides and flooding.
New alarm for the full Po
For the rains that have swelled the tributaries of Piedmont and Lombardy, and the possible bad weather, which could involve those Emilia, civil protection Emilia-Romagna has updated the alert for flooding of the Po. At Piacenza, there are significant elevations. The ridge will arrive late in the evening / night with an expected level of about 8 m, an increase of about 1 m above the previous year, passed between Thursday and Friday. Alerted coastal municipalities of the province of Piacenza and Parma.
Veneto, more rain from Sunday afternoon
In Veneto remains vigilant on the river Po, where, on Saturday night, the flood wave has passed the river, however, swelled by the influx of water that comes from exceptional Piedmont and Lombardy. Forbidden access to the riverside areas where some homes were evacuated Saturday
Alexandria, evacuated an entire country
And it is an emergency in the province of Alessandria, where you count the damage caused by the rain that caused flooding, landslides and flooding. The most difficult situation on Sunday morning, in Cassano Spinola, where about 1,700 residents were left without water due to seepage of mud in the tanks municipal water supply system. Even traffic problems, especially in Val Lemme, Gavi, the country’s well-known white wine DOCG, the displaced have returned home. The hill of the fortress of Barbarossa, in landslide risk is constantly monitored. It is possible that residents of the area to be evacuated again on Sunday night, when there is a new worsening weather conditions.
November 16, 2014 | 09:42
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