water bombs, blackouts and avalanche risk

"Strong" avalanche hazard in the Fvg Alps and "marked" in the Prealps, while in the central-south the risk is for the storms. The bad weather is flagellating the Peninsula. High level of attention on the meteorological front due to the expected worsening of weather conditions. Watching the evolution of heavy rains, which, after having hit the Northwest in the night, are gradually moving towards the rest of the North, Tuscany and the north of Lazio. Explaining this is ilMeteo.it. Just on this last region we report a strong storm with flooding in the areas of Civitavecchia with serious problems for road traffic.

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Bad weather, part of the roof of the Certosa di Trisulti guesthouse collapses
Rome, tragedy touched at Mostacciano: tree crashes into a parked car

Furthermore rains fall on eastern Lombardy, central-western Emilia, all the Alps up to the whole eastern one. Attention also to the snow that can still fall copiously over the 1000 meters of altitude. In the next the meteorological picture will continue to remain very perturbed. Tuscany, Emilia Romagna, eastern Lombardy and many sectors of the Triveneto, in particular the Alpine and Prealpine areas, will be under close observation. Heavy and abundant snowfalls are expected above 1100-1200 meters with very remarkable accumulations with possible serious problems for road traffic.

Some snowfalls are also expected in the northern Apennines around 1400-1500 meters. Attention to the reinforcement of the Scirocco winds that will hit the Adriatic area again causing new storms on the exposed coasts and a renewed phenomenon of high water in Venice (150cm at 11.20). As the hours go by, especially from the afternoon, heavy rains and stormy locales will also reach Lazio with the risk of inconvenience to the city of Rome. At the same time, other important precipitations will be isolated on the extreme areas of the Northeast, above all in the high Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia regions and always with abundant snowfall in the Dolomite areas.

THE DIRECT

16.30 Torrents at risk in Vesilia
Sixty millimeters of rainfall on Pietrasanta in 12 hours caused the raising of the Baccatoio and Fiumetto streams in Versilia. Municipality of Pietrasanta and Consorzio di Bonifica are keeping the waterways under observation. The bad weather also sent the electric system and computers of the municipal pharmacy of Pietrasanta into a tailspin for infiltrations that forced the special company to close. However, the municipal pharmacy is guaranteeing the administration of urgent medicines. Closed the Viale dei Tigli that connects Viareggio to Torre del Lago, this morning the tree fell but luckily there were no injuries. The MielArt honey and bee exhibition scheduled for Pietrasanta this weekend is postponed due to bad weather on December 14th and 15th.

16.07 Alert tonight on Lazio
"The Regional Functional Center announces that the Department of Civil Protection has today issued a notice of adverse weather conditions with an indication that from today afternoon, Friday 15 November and for the next 24-36 hours are expected on Lazio: precipitations from scattered to widespread, even with a reverse or temporal character. The phenomena will be accompanied by heavy rain showers, frequent electrical activity and strong gusts of wind. Gale winds are also forecast, with a gust of strong storm, from the southern quadrants, with storm surges along the exposed coasts. The Regional Functional Center has therefore issued a hydrogeological and hydraulic criticality warning with indication that from the afternoon of today and for the following 24-36 hours is expected in the alert areas of Lazio: critical hydrogeological orange code on Rome, South Coastal Basins and Basin del Liri; hydraulic criticality and hydrogeological criticality due to yellow code storms on the North Coastal Basins, the Middle Tiber Basin, the Apennines of Rieti and Aniene. The Permanent Operations Room of the Lazio Region has issued an alert for the Regional Civil Protection System and invited all the structures to adopt all the obligations of competence. Finally, we remind you that for any emergency the population will be able to refer to the municipal Civil Protection structures to which the Regional Operations Room will guarantee constant support ". Thus in a note the Civil Protection of Lazio

15.56 Val Badia is isolated by snow
Val Badia is currently isolated due to heavy snowfall. Most of the roads, even the inter-estate roads to the hamlets, are closed for safety reasons or due to falling trees. The roads are freed, if possible, from the communal means, only to allow the access of the emergency means. In case of need – informs the mayor Giacomo Frenademetz – the service doctor will move to vehicles of the fire brigade. Hoteliers and landlords were asked to be available to welcome travelers stuck in the valley.

15.31 Snow in Bolzano
In the afternoon the snow also fell in Bolzano. Due to the high intensity of rainfall, temperatures have dropped considerably and the flakes fall over the whole of South Tyrol to the valley floor. The cable car to the Colle is closed, so the children of the Montessori del Colle primary school are taken to Bolzano by the fire brigade by various means.

15.10 Weather adverse in Campania, new alert
The Civil Protection of the Campania Region has issued a warning of weather warnings valid starting from 20 tonight and until the same time tomorrow for rains, storms and strong winds. The disturbance will give rise to different phenomena depending on the sectors of the region. On the areas of alert 1 (Naples, Piana Campana, Islands, Area Vesuviana), 2 (Alto Volturno and Matese) and 3 (Costiera Sorrentino-Amalfitana, Monti di sarno and Monti Picentini) "scattered precipitations are expected, even in reverse or temporal, locally even intense »and« winds tending to become strong during the day of Saturday ».

14.36 Wind and water bombs in Umbria
The Regional Civil Protection of Umbria announces that, based on the available forecasts, a warning of adverse weather conditions has been issued by the National Department which foresees from the first hours of Friday and for the following 24-36 hours winds of storm, with gusts of strong storm from the southern quadrants and precipitations from scattered to diffuse also to character of reversal or temporal. Rainfall will also be accompanied by heavy rain showers, frequent electrical activity and strong gusts of wind.

Maximum alert in Livorno.
due to the persistent rains that fall from this night, causing the flooding of watercourses at risk of flooding. The Civil Protection of the Municipality of Livorno is constantly monitoring the situation in consideration of the weather forecasts that foresee significant rain even in the next few hours.

13.03 High water also in Chioggia
Also Chioggia suffers the exceptional high water effect of today, with a maximum level that has reached 146 centimeters at 11.35. The historic center of the town is not practicable. On site there is a mixed team of Suem 118 with fire brigades to support local vehicles.

12.33 Val Pusteria without electricity
Some areas of the Val Pusteria are again without electricity. The light is also missing in Brunico, where, however, the problem should be solved shortly. The situation in the suburbs is very tense. "We called all the firemen who were engaged in the restoration of the power lines to the barracks, because the trees are constantly falling and the situation is too dangerous," Martin Ausserdorfer, the mayor of San Lorenzo di Sebato, told Ansa. «Terna's high-voltage line is holding up. The big problem is the small groups of houses and the isolated farms, "explained Ausserdorfer. The blackout is also causing problems for the mobile phone network. In some areas of Alto Adige, as in Val d'Ultimo, there is already more than one meter of snow.

11.23 Blackout in some areas of Piedmont
E-Distribution Technicians, the Enel Group company that manages the medium and low voltage networks, working to restore the interrupted electricity service in numerous areas of Piedmont due to bad weather. The province most affected is that of Cuneo, with 15,000 users without electricity. Disruptions also in the Turin area (8,000 customers disconnected) and Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (5,000 customers disconnected). All interventions, the company informs, are carried out in constant coordination with local institutions, prefecture and civil protection, with which interventions are being agreed in areas that are difficult to access due to snow. The E-Distribution work in the area will continue until the electricity service is fully restored, in compliance with the safety procedures that these delicate interventions require.

10.42 Closed for flooding the Aurelia
Due to the intense rainfall that caused flooding on the road, the section of the state road 1 'via Aurelia is temporarily closed from km 64,000 to km 66,800 in Santa Marinella (Rome) while on the state road 1bis the one-way alternate at km 16,400 is established near Vetralla (Viterbo). Anas says this by pointing out that the staff is on site to manage traffic and restore normal circulation as quickly as possible.

10.23 Closed the municipal cemetery of Pozzuoli
The municipal cemetery of Pozzuoli (Naples) was closed to the public by order of the mayor, Vincenzo Figliolia, until Friday 22 November. The provision was adopted after the verifications carried out which highlighted the need to organize and carry out safety work on an area that has proved to be very large and where there have been failures, soil landslides, holes and hollows in the ground, in following the exceptional weather adversity of these days. "Although we are aware of the importance of the cult of the dead for the community, the decision is based on the assumption that guaranteeing the safety of citizens can only take on a priority value", said Figliolia. The cemetery can only be accessed for the execution of the indifferent and urgent operations requested for hygienic-sanitary reasons and exclusively for the underground, for which access will be granted to a limited number of family members.

10.04 – FRANE IN THE IMPERIESE, COLLASSA STRADA IN SANREMO
Two vehicles hovering over the crater, mud invading roads Landslides, fallen trees and flooding. Numerous interventions by the firemen of the province of Imperia, due to the wave of bad weather that struck, last night and last night, over the entire western part of Liguria. In Via Goethe, a Sanremo, the road where some vehicles were parked collapsed: a car and a van remained poised on the crater while the other vehicles were moved by the owners alerted by the police. In Via Bandette, in Ventimiglia, the road was submerged by a wave of mud and earth, following the landslide from the overlying hill. Circulation was also interrupted in a section of Via San Secondo. Firefighters also had to intervene between San Lorenzo al mare and Cipressa for boulders on the road. In Triora, on the other hand, some trees fell on the road that leads to the hamlet of Verdeggia, obstructing the passage.

9.24 – TWO DISPLACED IN GENOA, FRANE IN THE IMPERIESE
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.

SNOW IN TRENTINO, CLOSED ROADS
With the new disturbance, which reached Trentino Alto Adige, some roads are closed for safety reasons or due to falling trees. Winter equipment is essential on mountain roads. Passo delle Erbe can only be reached from Val Badia. The Passo Giovo, Passo Pennes, Passo Gardena, Passo Sella, Passo Pordoi, Passo Valparola, Passo Falzarego and Passo Furcia are closed. The SS 51 Alemagna between Dobbiaco and Cimabanche, the SS 48 bis between Misurina and Carbonin, the SP 40 Strada del Sole in Val Pusteria and other provincial roads in San Lorenzo di Sebate and Perca are also closed. On the Brenner motorway it snows between Bressanone and the Brenner snows, the lanes are partially covered in snow.

EXPECTED UP TO 80 CM SNOW ON DOLOMITES
The bad weather situation becomes critical again in vast areas of Alto Adige, especially in the Dolomites. According to the latest projections, up to 80 cm of snow could fall, in addition to that already fallen in recent days, informs the provincial meteorologist Dieter Peterlin. What makes the situation particularly problematic is that the snow is wet and heavy and there is a risk of new tree crashes. The low pressure is so accentuated that there are even thunderstorms, like in the morning in the Isarco Valley.

PIEDMONT, SUSPENDED RAILWAYS AND ELECTRIC BLACK-OUT
Suspended railway lines, black-out in the supply of electricity due to the fall of trees on the wires, difficulties on the roads. The snowfalls are creating a series of problems in Piedmont, above all because of the plants, still covered with leaves, crashed by the weight of the snow. 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 (Turin).

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