Thursday, November 24, 2016

Bad weather, emergency in the North of Italy In Piemonte overflows, the Tanaro – Corriere della Sera

red Alert for the weather in Piedmont and Liguria: flooding and winds over 100 kilometers per hour, the rivers and streams above the level of the guard, the Tanaro esondato in the province of Cuneo. In Piedmont, in particular, back to the nightmare of the flood of 5 and 6 November 1994, when the provinces of Cuneo, Asti and Alessandria were heavily affected by the damage caused by the flooding of the rivers Po, Tanaro, and several tributaries, including the rivers Borbore and Belbo. The situation is particularly critical precisely in the province of Cuneo: some of the streets are broken, schools are closed and the volunteers are mobilized, but also from the other provinces of piedmont, in order to face the emergency. The Governor Sergio Chiamparino has already announced that it will ask the state of calamity: “the situation – he said – is time a complex and in some areas even mor e severe than that which occurred in ’94″. “Are not the people involved, also thanks to the preventive action of the auditors that triggered a whole series of actions following the branch of the red alert for the territory”, explained the head of the Civil Protection Fabrizio Curcio, making a point of the situation in a press conference. In the early afternoon of Thursday, the Po is esondato in Turin, near the Murazzi. “The day of apprehension,” he wrote on Facebook premier Matteo Renzi on Friday will be in Turin.

The situation in Piemonte

The most serious situation is in the province of Cuneo in the Tanaro and up to Mondovì. Due to flooding, many roads were closed. To Ormea and Garessio the most critical situations: here the river, which had already been responsible for the flood of 1994, which caused dozens of deaths, is esondato in more points. In Ormea, in particular, three-car ended up in the abyss, no one injured, but was evacuated to the palace in front of. While Garessio is divided into two after the water has passed over the bridge, but in the late afternoon, the river level has dropped a meter after reaching at noon 5,19 metres on the water level. Problems to Ceva, where it is esondato the rio Cheironzo and the main road to San Bernardino was closed due to a landslide. Closed some factories, the civil protection is inviting people to climb to the high floors of the houses: the displaced people are a hundred. To Mondovì they are evacuating as a precaution the schools. And emergency bad weather also affects the city of Wedge, where it is extended to the maximum alert level of the Civil Protection and the closure of all schools with the exception of day nurseries and Universities. In the early afternoon, when the Po is esondato to Torino, and between Cardè and Villafranca, possible flooding expected in the night of Thursday in the area from corso Regina Margherita, at the parco del Valentino. The river – explains the Interregional Agency for the Po river – is likely to exceed the threshold of “critical high” between Carignano (Turin) and Casale Monferrato (Alessandria), while in the stretch between Valencia and the Island of S. Antonio (Alexandria) will reach the “critical moderate”. Alert even to the river Dora, alerted and ready for evacuation the Amedeo di Savoia hospital in the capital of piedmont. Within 36 hours, the criticali ty will be “high” on the whole the Po river in piedmont. At the Dawn of the establishment Ferrero will remain closed as a precaution by the 18 of this evening, and all day Friday. This was announced by the company, which has cancelled all activities planned for the weekends on the occasion of the 70 years of the group. And always in Piemonte, Nichelino, the municipal police intervened to shelter for the homeless that live under the bridge Artom, at risk to the rising of the river Sangone.

The situation in Liguria

“There are floods and floods widespread, especially in western liguria, but there are elements of drama or high criticality. No the front is particularly worrying”, commented the president of the Region of Liguria, italy, Giovanni Toti. “For the next six hours are still very delicate, after that we will go to the slow-down of the voltage on the region. The red alert is extended up to Friday at lunch time”. Some of the streams in the Ponente ligure and a dozen displaced families on a precautionary basis in the Savona are the first critical situations caused by heavy rain in Liguria. The rains at times intense and at times weak have particularly affected the hinterland of the province of Imperia and Valbormida in the Savona area. In the afternoon have fallen up to 50 mm of rain in an hour in the hinterland of Albenga. Between the hours of 3 have fallen by 190 mm in Calizzano, 177 Po ggiofearza, 166 mm in Pieve di Teco, 163 in Pornassio, 143 Hill Belenda and 130 to Valzemola.Concerned about the levels of the rivers of Argentina in the municipality of Montalto Ligure (Imperia), and Arroscia between the Imperia and Savona, which have passed the first threshold of full ordinary. Schools closed in Genoa, Savona, Sanremo, Imperia and Ventimiglia. In the Riviera di levante, a fisherman, 73-year-old Whiteboard, is missing in action from Wednesday evening while fishing on the rocks at the Mouth of the Entella. The president of the Region of Giovanni Toti has announced that it will ask the state of emergency.

The alarm for the river Po

Continues to grow the level of the Po, between the provinces of Cuneo and Turin. The longest river in Italy, is esondando between Cardè and Villafranca. Turin, the flood wave is expected in the night. In the area, has closed the regional Saluzzo-Pinerolo. The problems of traffic along the provincial road between the Barge and the Village, in the Po valley, for a landslide. The Municipality of Villafranca Piemonte, the first town in turin of the auction of the Po, has reported that, as a precautionary measure, will be closed on the bridge over the river Pellice between Villafranca Piemonte and Vigone. In the Piedmont, the south-western province of Cuneo precipitation records: Ponte di Nava 240 mm Thursday and over 500 mm in the last three days, to Briga Alta 428 mm in three days.

other regions

Alarm in Tuscany and in Lombardy. The code yellow was issued in the Tuscany, thunderstorms, wind and heavy seas. In the region due to bad weather are skipped, this morning some of the rides the ferry between Piombino (Livorno) and the island of Elba. For the moment there are regular connections. Also in the Lombardia capture the alert level of the middle of the midnight. Expected hydrogeological risk in the area north of the region, and hydraulic risk in the lakes and rivers in the province of Varese, Como, Lecco, Milan, Monza, Cremona, Lodi and Pavia. In pavese has been closed as a precaution, the bridge between Sannazzaro de' Burgondi and Gerola, in anticipation of the flood of the Po. A house was evacuated in Cadegliano Viconago (Varese) because of a landslide caused by heavy rains that are cutting down on the area.

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