A massive hailstorm in Turin – It looked like snow
In the early afternoon of today, Wednesday 22 February 2024, a violent hailstorm hit the south-eastern area of the province of Turin, with the towns of Santena, Cambiano, Moncalieri and Trofarello particularly affected by the phenomenon.
The streets of Santena have transformed into white rivers of hail, causing serious problems for car traffic.
On the former state road 29, an accident occurred under an overpass when cars stopped to avoid the hail, paralyzing traffic also on the Moncalieri ring road and on the Turin-Piacenza motorway, between Santena and Villanova d’Asti.
In the center of Santena, cars were blocked by almost half a meter of hail.
In Moncalieri, in Strada Vivero, and in Chieri some vehicles were trapped in the underpasses.
Andrea Vuolo from Tgr Piemonte gave the latest updates «Another violent storm is affecting the plain south of Turin and the southern districts of the capital, where hail with associated storm has also been reported between Chierese and Poirinese. A second storm nucleus is descending from Val Sangone, and will join the cell already active in the plain: pay attention to possible very intense and semi-stationary phenomena on site”.
