(ANSA) – TURIN, MAY 25 – Hundreds of calls arrived in just a few hours yesterday at the local police operations centre, which saw over 30 patrols busy dealing with traffic slowdowns due to the strong bad weather that hit the late afternoon and which also required civil protection and Amiat interventions. The strong hailstorm hit the northern area of the city, particularly in the area of Piazza Baldissera.
This is where the greatest inconveniences occurred. Trees fell in Corso Belgio, Lungo Dora Voghera, Corso Regio Parco, Corso Novara, Corso Giulio Cesare. Flooding in the streets and in the Donat Cattin underpass. Over 76 millimeters of rain fell in Turin yesterday alone. The Municipality announced that 22 civil protection operators concentrated in this area to remove the ice piles. Four teams of two instead monitored hilly routes and rivers. To clear the roads of accumulations of ice and hail, Amiat put into action three snow plows with blades and a mechanical shovel and, this morning, two salt spreaders, a mechanical shovel and a vehicle with a snow clearing blade. Five Smat teams are working to clean the drains, in addition to the intervention in the Donat Cattin underpass. Ground monitoring will be activated in the most affected neighborhoods to identify the most urgent potholes to be made safe and intervention teams will be activated. (HANDLE). .
