Bormida begins to fall. Ponte will reopen only after inspection

ALESSANDRIA – After reaching the maximum level of 9.21 meters the level of the Bormida is finally falling also in Alessandria. At 2.35 tonight, in fact, the flood has dropped to 9.09 meters and should continue to fall in the next few hours. Already from 1, however, the level of the Orba had already begun to fall in Casalcermelli.

"It started raining in the Ligurian hinterland" stressed the provincial leader Claudio Coffano to Radio Gold “but from the first information it seems that the perturbations should not move in our territory ".

Photo taken from the Facebook page of the Municipality of Alessandria

Meantime the bridge over the Bormida will remain closed until it can be inspected after the flood has passed. "We will have to inspect it in daylight, in all probability. We hope to be able to finish everything at 8.30 / 9"Stressed Coffano. Only if the inspection is successful will the bridge between Alessandria and Spinetta be reopened to traffic again.

UPDATE 01.25: As reported on the Facebook page of the Municipality of Alessandria “the level of the Bormida river has risen to 9.20 meters and would thus have reached the peak, the maximum level ". The river is not overflowing but the Civil Protection is still continuing to monitor the situation and is ready to intervene, if necessary, to implement further security measures.

UPDATE 11.58 PM: Live the situation of the river Bormida in Alessandria with interviews with the Director of Arpa Alessandria, Alberto Maffiotti, and with the Director of the Province of Alessandria, Claudio Coffano.

"We had never seen a Bormida so highHe stressed Alberto Maffiotti, director of Arpa Alessandria "Now it is over 9 meters, this morning it was 2.5 meters, in about 18 hours it went up a lot, very quickly. Over 300 millimeters have fallen in the last six hours, a figure beyond expectations. The Orba has been falling in the upper part for some minutes. The smaller rivers towards the Orba, in the areas from Castelletto to Silvano, continue to be loaded with mud from the Apennines. There is this cell of bad self-regenerating on the Genoese that continues its action, has decreased in intensity but is still strong. The end of this type of storm is difficult to predict".

"The flood is not yet at its maximum" he precised Claudio Coffano, leader of the Province of Alessandria "the Orba in Casal Cermelli is still growing. It will take at least a couple of hours to reach the maximum level in Alexandria".

Photos from the banks of the Bormida and from Villa Guerci, where an extraordinary meeting was held.

UPDATE 23 HOURS: The words of the mayor Gianfranco Cuttica di Revigliasco on the bad weather situation in Alessandria

The words of the deputy mayor of Alessandria Davide Buzzi Langhi.

The words of the Councilor for Civil Protection Paolo Borasio.

ALESSANDRIA – The level of the Bormida river has grown suddenly, so much so that the evacuation plan for the floodplain areas of the Bormida immediately began in Alessandria. The first, in some farms near the area of ​​"La Casetta", has already been carried out by the men of the Civil Protection who are now continuing. Already ten families are safe. In Alessandria the flood of the Bormida river is expected between 11pm and midnight today.

"The situation suddenly worsened" explained the Councilor for Civil Protection to Radio Gold Paolo Borasio "The Prefecture has communicated the sudden fullness of the Orba beyond the danger threshold, and the consequent sudden raising of the Bormida too".

Closed the bridge on the Bormida, until the passage of the flood.