To free the stuck cars and rescue the motorists, the firefighters arrived on board a dinghy. It happened in the Conca d’Oro area in via Ludovico Bianchini in Palermo. Thanks to the intervention of the firefighters, some Palermo residents who had been stuck inside their cars with water reaching the windows were freed.
Perhaps inconveniences in Mondello
The intense rain that hit the capital for hours also created inconvenience in the Mondello area. The beach was submerged in water. For the residents of Partanna Mondello their homes were flooded today too. The usual phenomenon of high water that sends the entire village into a tailspin. Motorists also trapped in via Ugo La Malfa and in the area of via Messina Marine. Inconveniences also in the province in the area of state road 113 for Villabate and Ficarazzi. Even the procession to remember Peppino Impastato killed by the mafia on 9 May 1978 will have a detour due to several floods that occurred in the area which affected the state road and some roads in the town.
In Partanna residents remove water from homes
Movement problems also a Partanna. Neighborhood in which residents were forced to remove water from their homes with makeshift means, such as brooms and buckets. In the most critical areas, rescue operations by firefighters and civil protection personnel are underway. In Corso Alberto Amedeo the 115 men intervened to remove a dangerous cornice. Municipal police personnel assisted them. Flooding was also recorded in via Ugo La Malfa and in the parallel streets of viale Regione Siciliana.
Problems also in Borgo Vecchio, right in the centre, where flooding occurred at the intersection between Via Archimede and Piazza della Pace. Area already known in the news columns for similar episodes. Accumulations of water also affect theAddaura, in particular along the Cristoforo Colombo seafront, and the II District, with the greatest problems recorded in via Messina Marine. Difficulties also a Virgin Marywhere residents reported blackouts in their homes’ electrical systems.
