A water bombwith strong gusts of wind, hit the northern and eastern areas of yesterday evening Milan, causing damage due to falling trees and branches, and the collapse of roofs and cornices. No injuries were reported.
The place most affected in the 10-15 minutes in which several millimeters of water spilled over the metropolis was the square of the Monumental Cemetery, where the overhead line that feeds some tram lines was interrupted due to the fall of a tree in via Luigi Nono , such as ’14’, ’16’ and ’12’. The subways are regular.
Another tree also fell in via Procaccini, and damaged plants were reported in Sempione Park and in the Triennale area. The firefighters are engaged in a multitude of interventions, around 60 in progress according to what was reported by the provincial command. There are no unusable roads or flooded underpasses. The orange alert for thunderstorms and the yellow alert for hydrogeological risk issued by the Civil Protection of Lombardy continue.
About twenty fallen trees
There were around a hundred interventions by the firefighters in total. About twenty trees fell or were seriously damaged by gusts of wind. Damage in via Belgioioso, corso Magenta, via XX Settembre, via La Spezia, via 5°Alpini-Monti, via Belgioioso, via Dezza, viale Abruzzi-Gran Sasso, via Cimarosa and the Sempione Park as well as the green areas in front of the Monumental Cemetery . There were also thunderstorms in the areas of Corsico, Abbiategrasso, Melegnano, Treviglio, Lodi, and north towards Cantù and Erba. The disturbance, which crossed the city from North-West to North-East, moved towards the province of Bergamo.
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