Bad weather, water storm and lightning in central Liguria | Cloudburst in Milan

"The situation, after the passage of the prefrontal of the disturbance which was fortunately very fast, does not present any particular criticalities. There have been floods especially in the Albanian area but no important criticality. Now we wait to see if they will develop other possible thunderstorms"said the Regional Councilor for Civil Protection Giacomo Giampedrone who, in the operations room, is following the evolution of the disturbance affecting Liguria.

The front of the disturbance "he has now moved to the La Spezia area – continued Giampedrone – but in a subdued way". However, weather conditions persist which, as Federico Grasso (Arpal) pointed out, could "ignite" other storms:

All of Northern Italy is affected by the disturbance, but the rain has hit Liguria, Piedmont and Lombardy in particular. At dawn a strong storm hit Milan, flooding many city streets. . The river Seveso it is close to the flooding, to the so-called "waiting threshold 2", with different areas at risk, in particular the 2 and the 9: the Isola districts, viale Zara and piazzale Istria. Many interventions by firefighters and local police for flooded underpasses and basements, while in many streets and squares several centimeters of water have accumulated. The river is also under observation Lambro, in the north-east area of ​​the city.