More bad weather in Italy. Today, June 25, there is a yellow alert in nine regions, from North to South: Veneto, Basilicata, Lombardy Marche, Puglia, Piedmont, Sicily, Tuscany and Umbria. The alarm is orange in Emilia-Romagna, where the situation of the waterways is of particular concern. In the Emilian territory, specifically, the Secchia, Enza and Panaro rivers are monitored, followed by the Civil Protection and the law enforcement and rescue forces in the areas of the Reggio Emilia, Modena, Parma and Piacenza Apennines. Several municipalities have sent warning messages to the population, inviting them to limit their travel.
The situation in Reggio Emilia, Piacenza and Modena
In the province of Reggio Emilia, attempts are being made to keep the Tresinaro torrent and the Secchia and Enza rivers at bay. Some roads were closed due to landslides in the municipality of Carpineti, while in Coriano di Castelnovo ne’ Monti 30 homes were flooded on the ground floor, with people made safe on the upper floor. In Ottosalici, ten people are isolated due to a landslide and the same number of houses remain isolated in the Toano area, where there were already problems yesterday afternoon. Always problems due to landslides on the roads in Canossa, Vezzano sul Crostolo, Baiso. In Carpaneto (Piacenza) a canal overflowed. In the Modena area, the bridges over the Secchia have been closed: Ponte Alto in Modena, Ponte dull’Uccellino between Modena and Soliera, where the river has exceeded threshold 2. The closure of the Navicello Bridge over the Panaro is also scheduled.
