There were several requests for help from firefighters who responded to cars stuck in flooded underpasses in the Turin and Treviso areas. Meanwhile, the weather warning for Piedmont and Veneto is destined to last at least until Thursday 23 May,
A strong wave of bad weather hit Piedmont and Veneto this afternoon. In the Turin area, a real bomb of water and an intense hailstorm whitened the streets, transforming them into torrents. To be hit the south-eastern area of the Turin belt Disturbances were reported in Moncalieri but also in the municipalities of Vivero, Trofarello, Nichelino, Cambiano and Santena, where the roads turned into white rivers due to the hail which formed a layer of tens of centimetres.
Intense hailstorm in the Turin area
There were several requests for help from the firefighters who intervened cars stuck in flooded underpasses but also for cellars and garages invaded by water and some fallen trees. On the ring road many motorists took shelter under the overpasses waiting for the storm to end and there were also some road accidents. In Moncalieri the Pastrengo underpass was flooded and several cars were stuck. Serious disruption to vehicle circulation even on major arteries. A car ended up in a stream along provincial road 29 and the firefighters saved the couple inside the car.
In Veneto, storms in the Treviso area
Even in Veneto, thunderstorms and hailstorms this afternoon, Wednesday 22 May, caused many inconveniences, particularly in the Treviso area. A violent hailstorm hit Conegliano where heavy rain and hail transformed the streets into torrents of hail, causing widespread flooding. Here too, dozens of firefighters intervened due to flooding and unsafe trees. “In the last few hours there has been a progressive increase in unstable conditions, with showers and thunderstorms increasingly widespread across the entire regional territory” writes the regional civil protection.
Bad weather with heavy rain on the Island of Elba: roads like rivers, cars dragged by the water and landslides
Meanwhile the weather warning right in Piedmont and Veneto it is destined to resist at least until Thursday 23 May, day in which more intense and continuous rain is expected. In fact, the Department of Civil Protection has also assessed a warning for thunderstorms for tomorrow 23 May in Emilia Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto, combined with a yellow warning for hydrogeological risk in the same regions and in Piedmont and Trentino Alto Adige.
