Veneto, still red alert for rain: the Bacchiglione rises. Thousands without water in the Bolognese area. Flooding and landslides in the Apennines

Heavy rains continue and not only in Lombardy. Another red alert in Veneto in the next 24 hours due to the new wave of bad weather that is expected to hit all of Northern Italy with strong thunderstorms and storms. And the weather bulletin that the Veneto Region is preparing to issue “will certainly be on high alert”, he warns […]

Heavy rains continue and not only in Lombardy. Still red alert in Veneto in the next ones 24 hours due to the new wave of bad weather which should hit all of Northern Italy with strong thunderstorms and storms. And the weather bulletin that the Veneto Region is preparing to issue “will certainly be maximum alert“, warns the governor Luca Zaia. Fears are that the areas, already affected by last week’s flooding, may suffer further damage. The first rains “might not be problematic if we hadn’t already had a lot of rain – continues Zaia -. The terrain is currently not capable of absorb that water.” In fact, there is precipitation waiting for the territory “from 100 millimeterswhich means approximately 10 centimetres of water per square meter”.

Furthermore, the governor makes it known that “there is maximum attention” in the Region “to the evolution of the weather situation. At the moment, after the rains that have been ongoing since yesterday afternoon, they are the levels of the watercourses rose“, he writes in an Instagram post. “We are monitoring works and embankments, tested by repeated stress and stressed by last week’s rainfall. They have been opened in these minutes three siphons of the pelvis Beautiful mountain. The erosion of the banks of the river was reported to me (you can see it in the video). Timonchio to Villaverla (Vicenza), strengthened to avoid collapse” And concluding: “At 10.35 the reservoir was opened Hot on the Bacchiglione to protect the city of Vicenza. The Montebello basin is also operational.”

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Not just Veneto: also in Emilia Romagna weather warning issued by the Civil Protection together with Arpae. Roads flooded in Modenesein particular a Vignola And Savignano, due to a prolonged storm that affected the two municipalities. But it’s the town of Bazzano to be among the most affected in the province of Bologna: according to what is reported by the Rest of the Pug And collapsed a shelter in front of the hospital. While in the area of Valsamoggia there was a break-up in Bologna in the aqueduct which interrupted the water supply in the area Serravalle Castle. There were 397 interventions by firefighters in the Region between yesterday and the first hours of today due to flooding caused by the heavy rains of the last few hours. Others are still underway.

“It recently stopped raining – says the mayor of ValsamoggiaDaniele Ruscigno – we were at work all night and can already be counted damages for several millions“. “There were no injuries and only a couple of private homes were flooded on the lower floors. More than anything, the water has invaded several secondary roads and there are several landslides, which we are evaluating also because some are still moving”, concludes the mayor.

Again in Emilia the situation is critical also in Parmaespecially in the municipality of Talignano. While a Collecchio the river overflowed Unlucky. Some homes remain isolated because of flooding of the connecting roads that cross the Forno area of ​​Cafragna. Municipal technicians and civil protection volunteers at work. In the territory, even for today, it is weather alert due to bad weather and hydraulic criticality. TO FornovoHowever, there are floods and mud. Not only. Even in some hamlets, in Respiccio and Piantonia, places close to waterways.