Landslides and mudslides in particular in the provinces of Verbano and Turin
June 30, 2024
And powerful storm hit thenorthern area of Piedmont on Saturday evening, causing landslides, floods and mudslides e forcing some families to evacuate. The provinces are particularly affected of Verbano and Turin. A Locana (To)the Fire Brigade communicated, were 37 people transferred to a safe area that were left stuck in a restaurant due to a landslide. A Mathialso in the province of Turin, were Two families evacuated as a precaution residents in homes threatened by the flooding of the Stura di Lanzo river. Also noteworthy is the intervention of the Turin firefighters between Montanaro and San Benigno Canavese for the rescue of two adults and a 3-month-old baby stuck in car for raising the water of the Orco stream. TO Noasca (To) experts in driving earthmoving vehicles are working to clear the road leading to Ceresole Reale from landslides. In the upper Verbano, in Macugnagadue to the flooding in several places of the Anza stream, teams worked to evacuate and bring several people to a safe area.
In Noasca 149 mm of rain, images of the waterfall go viral
Images of the are going around the web Noasca waterfall, pearl of the Orco Valley and the territory of the Gran Paradiso National Park, in the Turin area. They were registered on Saturday 149 mm of rain fell in a few hoursin particular between 7 and 8 pm: the images of the waterfall that seems to explode above the town. At this time, according to what LaPresse has learned from people on site, the situation is under control although checks are underway for some landslides recorded on the slopes. The water level of the stream has now dropped and is being monitored.
Disasters also in Val d’Aosta, Dora Baltea flooded
Problems also in the Aosta Valley, where the state road 26 is closed to traffic due to the flooding of the Dora Baltea riverat the height between km 50,600 and 56 in Bard.
