About a hundred people remained isolated in Molini di Triora, in the hinterland of Imperia. A landslide caused the collapse of part of the access road to the town, following the heavy rains due to the orange weather alert in western Liguria. The area can currently only be reached on foot.
Also in the hinterland of Imperia, a landslide on the road to Lavinia Alta isolated another 70 people in the municipality of Rezzo, also in this case the area can only be reached on foot. About twenty houses are also isolated in Sanremo, due to a landslide along the Cascine Lunaire road in the upper part of the Armea Valley, not far from the prison. A landslide also occurred in Pieve Ligure, also on the Aurelia, and in Noli. There were many floods recorded in Genoa.
The Aurelia was also interrupted at Capo Noli in the Savona area – again due to a landslide – while it was reopened as an alternating one-way near Mulinetti (Genoa), where this morning a large tree had fallen onto the road.
Calderoli: “Thoughts of farmers”
«A thought goes to the many farmers and breeders in those areas affected by the bad weather. We are ready to provide any type of help necessary” says Roberto Calderoli, Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies.
Alert throughout Italy
There is still bad weather in Italy and part of France, the consequence of the passage of an intense Atlantic disturbance: heavy rain, gale-force winds, snow in the Alps and storm surges are triggering the first measures on the safety front. Italy suffers a new sharp drop in pressure due to the passage of an intense disturbance entering from France. Bad weather on Sunday across all the northern and middle Tyrrhenian regions. Rain in the morning also in Sardinia, in the afternoon also in Campania, to then reach Molise and Puglia by the end of the day.
Rain and winds up to 100 kilometers per hour
It’s not just the rain that’s a concern, but also the wind. Sirocco gusts of up to 100 kilometers per hour have already been experienced in eastern Liguria and in northern Sicily: further strengthening of the wind is expected in the next few hours also in the rest of the country with gusts of up to 80-100 kilometers per hour expected on Lazio, Calabria, Puglia and Apennine ridges. Gale wind from south-southeast, therefore also storm surges along the exposed coasts, especially in the middle-upper Tyrrhenian Sea, Ligurian Sea and upper Adriatic.
High water also returns to Venice with the Tide Forecasting and Reporting Center predicting a peak tide of up to 125 cm during the late evening.
I’m in the Turin area some power lines were interrupted in the Lanzo, Orco and Soana valleys; blackout also in Perosa Argentina (in the Chisone valley), in the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and in the provinces of Vercelli and Cuneo.
Bad weather in the north, high water returns to Venice: tourists on the walkways
First emergencies in Piedmont
The first alerts have already been triggered in Piedmont and Liguria. In Piedmont the state road 659 “of the Antigorio and Formazza Valleys” in the Roccette area in the municipal area of Formazza (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola) was closed in both directions due to the danger of avalanches.
In the Alessandria area, the Rio Lovassina is of concern as it has already flooded in some parts of Spinetta Marengo, particularly near schools. The underpass in the nearby Molinetto Region, towards the Municipality of Frugarolo, was flooded. Inconveniences also on the roads between Alessandria and Novese. The provincial road between Quargnento and Solero, in the plain towards Monferrato Casalese, was flooded. The situation is constantly monitored by the Local Police and Civil Protection, active since the night. Strong wind on the Apennines, in the areas bordering Liguria: maximum value, 64.8 kilometers per hour, during the night, in Capanne di Cosola.
The situation in Liguria
And right in Liguria another already emergency situation should be noted. Several landslides and landslides were reported overnight and in the early hours of this morning. During the night, a dozen residents in an RSA in Coronata were evacuated as a precaution due to the reactivation of an already existing landslide near the building. Arpal has issued an orange alert for the entire Imperia area and a yellow alert for all other sectors until 12pm (in the Levante the yellow alert will end at 4pm).
Gressoney, the snowfall intensifies
Rain in Milan, levels in Seveso and Lambro rise
In Milan, a yellow alert for hydrogeological risk issued by the Natural Risk Monitoring Center has been in force since midnight Lombardy. Due to the bad weather, around 150 interventions by the firefighters are underway. Attention on Seveso and Lambro, whose levels have risen. «We are two meters above the Lambro and we fear a flood wave from the north of the Seveso» explains the councilor for Security and Civil Protection of the Municipality of Milan, Marco Granelli, on the sidelines of the conference “the Europe we want”, in Milan .
On the SS 36, in the municipality of Lissone (Monza and Brianza), a car was recovered from a flooded underpass. The occupants managed to escape independently. At present, the most affected provinces are Brescia, Milan, Cremona and Mantua, where most of the interventions are concentrated.
Maritime connections stopped in Ischia
Difficult maritime connections today for the islands of the Gulf of Naples: sea conditions are strongly influencing the regularity of trips to Ischia and Procida. All hydrofoil services departing and arriving at the ports of Marina Grande, Ischia Porto, Casamicciola and Forio are currently suspended. Some ferry trips to and from the island of Procida have also been cancelled. The strong wind and very rough seas also caused the transfer to the port of Ischia of the connections operated with the ferries in the nearby port of Casamicciola.
Yellow alert also in Tuscany
Code yellow throughout the region already extended to the entire day of Monday 11 March. The alert concerns the hydrogeological and hydraulic risk of the minor network. According to the latest bulletin, in the next few hours the heaviest rains will move to the inland and central-southern areas of Tuscany, while an attenuation of the phenomena is expected in the North-West areas. There remains the possibility of isolated thunderstorms with gusts of wind.
Seven missing in France
At least seven people, including two children, are missing in Gard, in the southern department of Occitania, overwhelmed by floods as they tried to cross bridges by car during the night between Saturday and Sunday. A father and his two children aged 4 and 13 were carried away by the waters in Dions, north of Nimes, around 11.30pm on Saturday, the prefecture said, and two other people in Goudargues, in the north of the department, around 5am today. A motorist had already been missing since Saturday evening in Gagnieres, in the north of the department.
