It exceeded the ‘yellow’ quota, the level of the Po, which continued to rise yesterday, approaching the warning level of 5.50 meters at the Boretto hydrometer, which means the flooding of part of the ‘open’ floodplains ‘, not defended by internal embankments, but without creating problems for the main embankments or densely populated areas. As per practice, the accesses to the floodplain cycle and pedestrian paths and the areas of the Reggio Emilia beaches affected by flooding have been closed. On Wednesday night the river level in Boretto was just above one metre, while yesterday afternoon it was close to 5 metres. A marked increase due above all to the abundant rainfall in recent days, which swelled the tributaries, pouring a considerable quantity of water into the Po. In Luzzara, in the Fogarino area, homes in open floodplains have been evacuated, as they are easily reached by water as soon as the river exceeds the first alert threshold, set at 4.5 metres. Yesterday afternoon the level of the Po began to stabilize at the hydrometers of Piacenza and Cremona, and then began a slow decline.
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