Bad weather on Liguria, Piedmont and Lombardy: one dead in the Alessandria area

Persistent thunderstorms, even of strong intensity, on Liguria, Piedmont and Lombardy. This is indicated by a new weather alert by the Civil Protection, which signals the possibility of frequent electrical activity, local hailstorms and strong gusts of wind. Evaluated orange alert for hydrogeological risk on most of Lombardy; yellow on the rest of Lombardy, on most of Liguria and Piedmont and on the Valle d'Aosta. In the Alexandria, the taxi driver missing since yesterday was found dead. The sources of rescuers make it known. The body of the man, who had left Genoa to conduct a client in the Serravalle area, was found in Capriata, Villa Carolina. Instead, the client had already been found alive, a British representative who was on his way to a golf club. Instead, the two elders lost in Mornese are found alive.

Schools of every order and grade also closed in Alessandria, which is added to a series of municipalities in the province, hit by the severe bad weather that continued even into the late evening. The mayor, Gianfranco Cuttica di Revigliasco, provided for this. In Casalcermelli the Orba river has already abundantly exceeded the danger threshold, set at 4.5 meters, reaching 5.78 meters. Evacuated some houses in Casalnoceto, a town of a thousand inhabitants near the province of Pavia. 1,400 users remained without electricity in a dozen countries, the Provincial Civil Protection informs. In some areas of Alessandria, over 250 mm of rain in 6 hours, with peaks of 60-80 mm in an hour. On the north of Piedmont, in 6 hours Lake Maggiore has grown by 15 centimeters, Lake Orta by 6 cm.

The trains involved in the bad weather emergency between Liguria and Piedmont have all returned to the station. It is learned from Ferrovie, according to which only one convoy is still returning to Turin. The sections concerned include: Genoa-Turin, Genoa-Milan and Genoa-Ovada.

In Rossiglione, in the hinterland of Genoa, the situation for bad weather is critical with numerous floods: the Municipality on its Facebook page invites citizens to stay at home and not to move for any reason, signaling that brigade interventions are in progress of the fire of the flood relief. The municipality also invites you to leave telephone lines free only for requests for help and reports. In Rossiglione, however, for now there is only one landslide to be recorded with earth and debris on a building, evacuated as a precaution by displacing the 30 or so residents. In the landslide, which is carefully monitored, an elderly person was also seriously injured: the man was taken to the hospital from 118 due to the slight thoracic trauma suffered, with a shoulder injury. Also in Rossiglione, a second condominium is being evacuated, involving another 20 families. Displaced people are placed in a condominium gym. During the night, however, other heavy rains are expected in the area and there is an alert for the situation on the edge of the Stura stream.

The bad weather situation in the province of Alessandria is worsening. The exit of the A7 'Milan-Genoa' exit was closed in Serravalle Scrivia. The stream Nero was flooded in Gavi and the ford was closed on the Lemme river which also emerged from the banks in Fraconalto, on the border with Liguria. A Fiat Panda 4×4 driven by an over-sixty-year-old was hit by water and turned over. The man, stuck and panicked, still managed to sound the alarm and was then rescued by firefighters and carabinieri. Disruptions also for trains: railway traffic suspended between Novi Ligure and Arquata Scrivia, on the Genoa-Turin line, in the direction of the Ligurian capital, due to the flooding of the railway station. Delays up to 30 minutes for trains headed for Turin. Circulation also suspended on the Genoa-Acqui Terme between Rossiglione (Genoa) and Ovada.

The Milan City Operations Center remains active to monitor the levels of the Seveso and Lambro rivers. A new intensification of precipitation is expected. The weather alert provides for the activation of civil protection teams and local police patrols. The MM Water Service team will also be ready to intervene in case of need.

Two landslides in Via Rubens in Vesima with three displaced people, a landslide in Via Costa d'Erca in Fabbriche with a displaced person and a landslide along the road that goes to San Carlo di Cese. These are the main damages caused by bad weather in Genoa illustrated by Mayor Marco Bucci in the civil protection operations center.

Floods and rivers full of water in the Bergamo area, where dozens of unsafe trees and dozens of fire brigade interventions are recorded throughout the province. The flow of the Serio and Brembo rivers, full of water, is impressive. Flow monitoring is constant. Firefighters intervened due to flooding on the roads and unsafe trees throughout the province, including a road in Verdello and on the long-distance Axis in Bonate Sotto due to the flooding of the San Roberto tunnel.

Some landslides and numerous floods have occurred in the Savona area, one of the provinces most affected by the disturbance that struck the center and the western Liguria at dawn. Numerous fire brigade interventions. In Laigueglia there have been some floods as well as in the whole west of Savona, especially in the area of ​​Alassio, Albenga, Borghetto and Loano. A few trees fell in Savona, while the San Rocco hills in Ceriale and Fasceo in Albenga are flooded but soon re-entered the banks. Flooding also in the Imperia area: a few offices on the ground floor of the court were flooded in Oneglia, where firefighters are working with water pumps. At around 7 am, the fire brigade also had to intervene in the post offices of Via Spontone, closing part of it due to the collapse of rubble from the false ceiling probably due to water infiltration.

This morning there is also a tragedy in Strambino. Along the provincial road 81 an 81-year-old pensioner from Vische (Turin), Germano Costa, lost control of his car and ended up in the meadows tipping over. He died instantly. Useless all the help. When the staff of 118 reached Strambino the man was already dead. Injured wife of 76 years transported to the hospital of Ivrea. The dynamics of the accident is being examined by the Carabinieri of Strambino. The cause of the accident may have been the asphalt made slippery by the heavy rains of the last few hours.

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