Bad weather on Italy: damage and inconvenience due to the arrival of two cyclonic vortices

ROME – Bad weather, damage and inconvenience throughout Italy due to the arrival of two cyclonic vortices. In Piedmont, thousands of users without electricity, blackouts also in Liguria and Lazio, a whirlwind in Tuscany, in Marina di Carrara; in Trentino closed roads due to avalanche danger, isolated numerous valleys of South Tyrol. Due to heavy snowfall, the traffic of trucks on the Brenner motorway began to be subjected to 21:00. For tomorrow, November 16th, the situation remains disrupted especially in the Center-North: during the afternoon and later in the evening, heavy rains are expected in Sardinia, Lazio and Tuscany. They will then move to Umbria, Emilia Romagna and Triveneto also in the form of strong storms. On Sunday the bad weather will also affect the South with storms in Campania. It will still rain on the central Tyrrhenian regions, on the Triveneto hills where the snow will continue to fall moderately from 1300 meters.

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Lazio

Strong sea storm on the Roman coast. And critical analysis of some sections of Ostia, Focene and Fregene, where the sea risks 'eating' the beaches. After the lashings of the sea in recent days, the sirocco and the strength of the waves, which threaten to accentuate erosion, are a cause for concern. The residents of the northern area of ​​Focene were also worried, with homes near the coast. Some establishments and kiosks have set up further sandbag barriers in recent days, but the water laps or surrounds some structures.

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Bad weather Lazio, sea storm on the coast: flooding on the Aurelia. Inspections in Santa Marinella

The mayor of Fiumicino Esterino Montino has invited the population close to the 24 km of coast of the Municipality, to pay "maximum attention" due to the strong storm and the gusts of wind. "The situation on the coast of Focene is of maximum alert – says Montino – between Saturday and Sunday there will be further strong storms and gusts of wind". Also due to the wind, in the city, several pieces of the roof of the sports hall on Viale Danubio, in Fiumicino. The structure has long been closed due to being unusable. The nearby road is closed as a precaution. Critical situation for schools in Civitavecchia and Santa Marinella, where technicians are working to restore the functionality of the buildings most affected by heavy rains.

Piedmont

Suspended railway lines, black-out in the supply of electricity due to the fall of trees on the wires, difficulties on the roads. Snowfalls are creating a series of problems in Piedmont. The 'Vigezzina' railway is stationary on the Italian route, between Domodossola and the border of the Ribellasca bridge; the circulation between Acqui (Alessandria) and San Giuseppe di Cairo (Savona) is suspended. Some inhabitants of the Roncaccio district of Cravagliana, in Alta Valsesia (Vercelli) have been isolated for a few hours due to trees weighed down and bent over the road. Uncem (Union of mountain municipalities) reports "thousands of postings" in the supply of electricity in the province of Turin, Cuneo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. The snow has fallen to 400-500 in the province of Cuneo: 7 cm in the capital; in the Ossola valleys up to 70-100 cm. Over half a meter the thickness in Limone Piemonte (Cuneo), 76 in Sauze d'Oulx. Delays for some regional trains and various interventions by the fire brigade to free roads from fallen trees due to heavy snowfall.

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Tuscany

Air horn in Marina di Carrara (Massa Carrara): the restaurant of a hotel on the seafront, now closed, has been devastated and some beach establishments have also been damaged. No one was injured. The whirlwind blew off the cover on the street of the hotel restaurant, the promenade was closed.

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Bad weather in Tuscany, whirlwind in Marina di Carrara

Veneto

It rains on the whole region. With Venice that, for the sirocco reinforcements, recorded a maximum tide point of 160 cm. High water also in Chioggia, where the tide level reached 146 centimeters. The historic center is closed. Snow expected in the Pre-Alps from 1700-1900 meters, in the Dolomites even at 900 meters. With regard to the river situation, the most significant increase was recorded on the Agno in Recoaro, which exceeded the first guard threshold. Based on forecasts for the next few hours, the forecast rainfall will be able to create possible local discomforts and determine the triggering of superficial landslides on the slopes.

South Tyrol

High avalanche hazard in South Tyrol. The intense disturbance of these hours is putting a strain on the relief apparatus. Incessant rain in the valley and snow at 500 meters are causing a lot of inconvenience to the population. They are isolated due to roads interrupted due to falling avalanches or crashed trees in some South Tyrolean valleys, Val Senales, Val Ridanna and Val Martello. In Val d'Ultimo the snow cover has reached one meter. In the late morning a new blackout occurred in Val Pusteria but the situation should be resolved shortly. The state road is blocked between Versciaco and Prato alla Drava and the Alemagna between Dobbiaco and Cima Banche.

Lombardy

Rain on the valley floor and thick snowfalls above 1,700 meters of altitude. After the gusts of last night's wind, the rain and snowfall in Valtellina and Valchiavenna began again this morning, keeping the alert high in the areas of instability, particularly those of the Val Genasca and Ruinon, monitored for years by Arpa Lombardia. The call of the Polstrada is to be prudent because on the roads of the valley bottom it is possible the formation of large puddles of water. Due to the heavy snowfall that fell during the night, the trains were interrupted in the Italian section of the railway linking Domodossola with Locarno, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The management company has announced that the cause of the interruption of the malfunction of the electrical contact line. Investigations are underway.

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Bad weather: sea storm in Tigullio, damage to San Michele di Pagana

Liguria

Bad weather has again hit Liguria with landslides, landslides and a strong lightning storm. Snow on the heights of Savona and Imperia. In Genoa, two people were displaced from their homes due to a dangerous wall made unstable by a significant infiltration of water due to the heavy rain. The state 13 at Creto is closed due to a landslide. Numerous landslides are recorded in the Tigullio area, where a strong storm has occurred. A storm of lightning on Genoa caused numerous blackouts: even the lighthouse of the Lanterna, symbol of Genoa, was hit and is in the dark from last night at 11 pm. Disruptions to the circulation of trains due to a fault in the systems between Campo Ligure and Mele on Genoa-Ovada-Acqui Terme line. Last night two convoys were stuck on the tracks for about three hours. During the night, first snowploughs in action. In Rapallo, debris on the waterfront and damage to private homes.

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Bad weather, stop of the Cumana between the Gerolomini and Pozzuoli stations

Campania

The Cumana railway line, which connects the Montesanto station, in the center of Naples, with the municipalities of the Phlegraean area, was interrupted between the Gerolomini and Pozzuoli stations due to problems due to rain infiltration. In Pozzuoli, closed by order of the mayor until next week's Friday the cemetery, where disruptions, soil landslides, holes and depressions of the ground were found, following the exceptional meteorological adversities of these days.

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