More bad weather between Veneto and Emilia. A drowned man in Parma

President Zaia declares a regional state of emergency. Hundreds of calls for help to the firefighters In the Parma area a lifeless body was found in the Termina stream

BOLOGNA – Bad weather still grips theEmily and the Veneto in the last 24 hours. Hundreds of requests for help from the firefighters due to flooding also last night and this morning, between Treviso, Vicenza and Castelfranco Venetowhere is the Avenale river flooded. Over 300 interventions in 36 hours while in Emilia, between Parma and Modena. A lifeless body was found in the Parma area Termina torrent, presumably a man who fell into the water following the flooding. The Po which rises “downstream” in the Ferrara area is under special surveillance at the first threshold of criticality.

TO CASTELFRANCO VENETO AVENALE FLOODS, 140 REQUESTS FOR HELP TO VDF

After the whirlwind that hit Rovigo on Tuesday morning, yesterday evening a new bad weather front opened in Veneto, in the territory of Castelfranco VenetoWith theAvenale flood in the city center.

Broadening the front to the province of Treviso, there were over 140 requests for help to the 115 operations room, due to the violent storm that affected not only Castelfranco Veneto. In fact, the municipalities of Resana, Riese, Godego Castle. Interventions especially for flooded roads and underpasses, garages and flooded basements, unsafe trees, removal of obstacles. The fire brigade’s rescue system was strengthened by keeping some of the night shift staff on duty.

After yesterday’s whirlwind, a Rovigo The firefighters’ interventions continued all night and continue today, especially for the drainage of the flooded premises. The rescue system has been reinforced by personnel and vehicles from the surrounding commands and a partial doubling of shifts.

Also in Veneto, in Vicenza there have been around twenty interventions by the Fire Brigade since yesterday afternoon due to drainage, water damage, unsafe trees, small landslides and landslides in: Marostica, Bassano del Grappa, Mussolente, Cartigliano, Roana, Conco, Rossano Veneto. Finally, in Venice too, about ten interventions have been carried out since yesterday afternoon for years of water and unsafe trees in the capital, Mestre and Mira.

PRESIDENT ZAIA: “STATE OF EMERGENCY IN VENETO”

“In Veneto they are still at work over 20 Civil Protection teams which have already occurred
yesterday to deal with the various floods. In particular, in the foothill area of ​​Castelfranco Veneto, the Avenale river flooded, after Rovigo and Polesine had already been hit by a tornado in the morning. “A particularly difficult day”, therefore, “because more areas of Veneto have been
hit by bad weather“, the president of the Region Luca Zaia made the point this morning, from his social profiles. And above all he announces that “after the storm in Asiago and yesterday’s whirlwind in Rovigo I had the declaration of state of emergency regionle, following the bad weather that is hitting the Veneto region in recent days and the consequent damage”.

THE BODY OF AN 85-YEAR-OLD MAN FOUND IN THE TERMINA TORRENT IN PARMA

TO Parma yesterday evening, fire brigade teams identified and then recovered the lifeless body of an 85-year-old man in the Termina torrent, presumably fallen into the water following the flooding. Over 300 interventions by firefighters in 36 hours in the Emilian territories affected by bad weather. Now the situation is improving, in the Parma area the teams are busy removing and making safe fallen or unsafe trees and draining in Neviano Arduini and Traversetolo.

SPECIAL SURVEILLANCE ON THE PO IN THE FERRARESE AREA, THE SECCHIA BRIDGES REOPEN

The inflows from the tributaries of the Bitespecially from Emilia but also from Lombardy, are determining “a further increase in the levels of the great river in its middle and terminal part, with possible exceeding of criticality threshold 1 in the next 24 hours” (ordinary, yellow) already from the section of Pontelagoscuro, in the Ferrara area, and in the branches of the delta. L’Aipo agencywhich ensures “constant monitoring”, states in a note that some floodplain areas may be “affected by the event” and “caution is advised when approaching the river and navigating”.

Meanwhile, Aipo adds that “all the expansion tanks present on the Emilian rivers (Parma, Enza, Crostolo, Secchia and Panaro) have come into operation, retaining significant volumes of flood waters”. In these hours, control activities also affect the final section of the Secchia riverin the Lombardy region. In the meantimethe bridges over the Secchia in Modena, Ponte Alto and Ponte dell’Uccellino, between Modena and Soliera, reopen for transit around 4.30pm. thus allowing “a resumption of normality in road traffic”. This was announced by the Municipality of Modena. The flood of the river, in fact, is flowing towards the plain and the level is falling below the precautionary threshold.