Yellow alert in Lombardy, bad weather in Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna and Puglia with thunderstorms, hailstorms and waterspouts

Yellow alert in Lombardy, plagued in recent weeks by bad weather like other regions of the North and bad weather in Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna and Puglia, with thunderstorms, waterspouts and hailstorms. Waiting for the heat and a first real taste of summer to arrive, according to the forecast, from the middle of next week. In particular, a strong thunderstorm came suddenly […]

Yellow alert in Lombardy, plagued in recent weeks by bad weather like other northern regions and bad weather Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna and Pugliawith thunderstorms, waterspouts and hailstorms. Waiting for the heat and a first real taste of summer to arrive, according to the forecast, from the middle of next week. In particular, a strong thunderstorm suddenly hit Pisa in the afternoon and significantly slowed down the airport’s operations, causing flooding and inconvenience even inside the terminal in the shopping mall. Five arriving flights were diverted to other airports while some departures were delayed by a couple of hours. Some videos on the web showed heavy water leaks into the tunnel coming from the roof. It rained in the city although with less intensity. Flooding and water stagnation on the roads occurred in several areas without however causing any particular inconvenience to traffic.

Also in Tuscany, a series of waterspouts formed in the afternoon off the coast of Quercianella, south of Livorno. The phenomenon, at least three waterspouts that formed offshore between the Vada lighthouse and Quercianella, remained visible for a few minutes even from the ground and then disappeared among the mass of clouds. Bad weather also in Emilia: the wave of bad weather affected Sunday afternoon Modenese and caused damage and inconvenience especially in Palagano, on the Apennines, with the overflowing of ditches. Fabio Braglia, president of Province of Modena and originally from Palagano, on his Facebook page he reports how Palagano was hit this afternoon by “a water bomb, with major problems on two municipal streets”, namely “via Riolo via Palazzo Pierotti”. Braglia also reports “several landslides from adjacent fields. The firefighters are on the scene. There were also problems in Savoniero where several ditches and canals overflowed.

Finally, it is worth mentioning that an intense hailstorm hit the Foggia area, in particular in the Borgo Incoronata area, about 10 kilometers from the capital and in the lower Tavoliere area, especially in the Ordona area. The hail covered the road surface along the stretch of state road 16 towards Cerignola, also causing a pile-up in which no injuries were reported. Borgo Mezzanone was also affected by the hailstorm, where numerous migrants live especially in makeshift shacks. The firefighters at work. There is damage to crops.

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