Bad weather causes damage throughout Salento: civil protection interventions minute by minute

The bad weather he arrived in the middle of the night, as the experts had predicted, but the "violence" with which he presented himself – so much so that the orange alert was declared on the Salento – is causing numerous inconveniences. Many, many calls to the Fire Brigade and to the police, as many are the interventions of the Civil Protection for remove trees swept away by the fury of the wind.

To Ugento, for example, there were 25 calls from people in difficulty, some of whom were blocked. Ten, instead, the "requests for help" arrived from Casarano for removing "obstacles" on the roadway. Real 'loose birds' for motorists forced to get behind the wheel. Not everyone, in fact, could barricade themselves at home, like the students who, this morning, remained under the covers, knowing full well that they were finding the doors of the closed schools, as decided by the Administrations to "avoid" risks and emergencies.

Poles, dry stone walls, billboards, building roofs: nothing seems to resist the fury of the gusts, but the trees are "give up"First. There is no Salento municipality that did not have the need for volunteers, committed to removing the fallen ones: from Andrano to Cutrofiano where a large tree collapsed in the heart of the town. The same scene also a Soleto, where from the first light of the morning the unsafe poles are being secured. Fear, instead, in the walled area where a cable was dangling in the "hanging".

At Acquarica-Presicce the ‘covering’ of a shed flew away. TO Spongano it is the roof of the sports hall that has given way, while other teams have tended to "empty" the flooded cellars. In Leverano, the Civil Protection is committed to removing the fallen cypress trees on the provincial road that leads from the town to Nardò.

TO Parabita, as in Andrano and Tricase, many areas of the city have been left without light due to the fall of electric power poles.

Fallen trees, again, in San Donato where four telephone poles were secured, in Cavallino, a Maglie, where a low wall also collapsed, in Castro and Minervino, where some Telecom poles came down.

The Gallipoli seafront is closed

The municipal administration of the Citta Bella, led by Stefano Minerva has closed the promenade Galilei for storm surges. The situation in the pearl of the Ionian is not the best. Here, too, some lighting poles have fallen and many trees and volunteers are at work to secure the most affected areas and thus avoid other inconveniences. Damages and discomforts also on the way to Sannicola, via per Alezio, promenade Marconi, state highway 101.

The provincial Galatone-Nardò is closed to traffic due to flooding. Still in Galatone, one person remained in the elevator.

The coast road that leads from Santa Cesarea to Castro is also off-limit.

Taviano, danger of illumination

A delicate situation in Taviano, where the local police, together with two Civil Protection teams, secured the historic center, where the lights were set up for a village festival. The strong wind is putting a strain on parrying. Other teams, on the other hand, are working to remove fallen trees and broken peaks from municipal and provincial roads. Also removed a billboard, torn by the strong wind.

Problems also occurred in Poggiardo, where a small air horn cut off a sign, throwing with violence on stationary and Maritime cars, where a tree fell on parked cars. TO Taurisano a pine has torn up the fence of a school.

So far no emergency, only many, lots of damage to the territory. They are trees, poles and billboards ad having had the worst against the fury of bad weather.