It doesn’t calm down strong wave of bad weather which has hit the region in the last few hours Lombardy and in particular the city of Milan. Damage and inconvenience caused by violent storms and uninterrupted rain with a new record recorded: 120-130 mm of localized rain in a single day. The situation.
Lombardy, bad weather warning in Milan and its province
The state of weather alert throughout Lombardy it still remains very high after the torrential rains of the last few hours. Also on Thursday 16 May 2024 the Civil Protection Department issued theorange and yellow weather alert for bad weather. Intense rain and thunderstorms are still expected and will also hit the upper plains in the afternoon hours. The alert remains high due to the risk of rain, but also hydraulic and hydrogeological risk and new flooding and landslides cannot be ruled out.
«Milan experienced a very difficult day yesterday: 120-130 mm of localized rain, in a single day, had never happened in the last 170 years, and the record was 98 happened in 1990. And not only in Milan but also in the basins of the rivers that pass through Milan” announced Marco Granelli, Councilor for Security and Civil Protection of the Municipality of Milan. Meanwhile, the damage calculation has begun. Among the areas most affected by heavy rains are: Bellinzago, but also the municipalities of Gessate, Melzo, Gorgonzola, Vignate, Masate and Pioltello. Meanwhile, the Lambro and Seveso rivers remain under special observation following the flooding of the last few hours.
Bad weather Lombardy: damage not only in Milan throughout the region
THE damage related to strong wave of bad weather that hit the Lombardy and the city of Milan in the last few hours they are huge. The area most affected by the storms is that of Milanese with the Naviglio Martesana which overflowed near Bellinzago Lombardo resulting in flooding of the Trobbia and Molgora streams. Several municipalities were completely flooded, including: Pinstripes, Melzo, Gorgonzola, Vineyards, Masate And Pioltello.
Also the Ponte Lambro neighborhood it found itself flooded due to the flooding of the Lambro river with various types of inconvenience. Many citizens were left without water and electricity; an emergency area was set up for them in a camp. The Lambro and Seveso rivers are still under observation although the situation seems to be improving considering that the water level has dropped. Even in the city of Monza there were floods. The mayor ordered the closure of all schools for Thursday 16 May near the Lambro river. Meanwhile, throughout Lombardy, more than 600 requests for help have been reported to the Fire Brigade command, while the Carabinieri in Milan had to intervene not only due to flooding, but also due to looting.
The Councilor for Security and Civil Protection of the Municipality of Milan Marco Granelli communicated: «Milan also learned two things yesterday. The first: for the first time the neighborhoods of Milan around the Seveso had no attacks and no damage, the Seveso basin, the one in Milan, retained 250,000 cubic meters of water preventing it from invading the streets and cellars of Niguarda, Pratocentenaro, Istria, Testi, Zara, Maggiolina, Isola. It would have been a 10-hour flood, like the one in 2014, with all that water in the city. The tank and the great management done by the MM technicians protected the city. The second: also the Lambro has become a river that swells and overflows, and its flood caused the manholes of an entire neighborhood, Ponte Lambro, to regurgitate, flooding it. When these rivers cross such urbanized areas we must make sure to reduce the water we put into them all together in a short time and we must make other tanks that retain the water”.
