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Castel Bolognese, via Emilia flooded
The flood of the Senio has reached the center of Castel Bolognese, a municipality in the province of Ravenna. “I ordered the closure of the schools by order. Furthermore, for a few minutes the Via Emilia has been closed in various points as the water is very high in various sections. Maximum attention », warns the mayor. The river has broken a bank in the Biancanigo area.
Ravenna, over 250 evacuated
More than 250 people were evacuated in the Ravenna area due to bad weather. About a hundred in the Faenza area, due to the flooding of water due to the confluence of the Marzeno with the Lamone. During the night the evacuation operations of another 60 residents in Conselice were completed, after the breaking of the Sillaro which took place yesterday afternoon. A hundred people were also evicted in Biancanigo di Castel Bolognese. The Prefecture, with the municipal operational centers, is monitoring the situation. The principals formed by firefighters and civil protection volunteers remain active. The army is also on the field
Trains, the list of blocked or canceled trains
Update – 7:00 am
Traffic is still suspended between Faenza and Forlì, Russi and Lugo, Russi and Granarolo, Lavezzola and Mezzano.
The intervention of the technicians and the police forces is underway.
High Speed, InterCity and Regional trains may be subject to delays, cancellations or route restrictions.
The replacement bus service is active for the regional trains between Faenza and Rimini and between Bologna and Castel Bolognese.
The train FR 9802 Pescara (5:00) – Milano Centrale (9:35) is canceled today.
Passengers can use the first available trains by the Trenitalia Customer Service staff.
The train FR 8802 Ancona (5:20) – Milano Centrale (9:15) today leaves from Bologna Centrale at 7:18.
Passengers departing from Ancona, Pesaro, Rimini, Cesena, Forlì and Faenza can use the first available trains by the Trenitalia Customer Service staff.
The train FR 8806 Pescara (6:00) – Milano Centrale (10:54) today is canceled from Rimini to Bologna Centrale.
Passengers departing from Rimini, Cesena, Forlì and Faenza can continue their journey with the replacement service with a specially arranged bus up to Bologna Centrale, where they can continue their journey with the new FR 8806 train.
The train FR 8804 Ancona (6:20) – Milano Centrale (9:54) is canceled today.
Passengers can use the first available trains by the Trenitalia Customer Service staff.
The train FR 8801 Venice Santa Lucia (6:53) – Lecce (15:58) today is canceled from Bologna Centrale to Rimini.
Passengers departing from Bologna Centrale, Riminifiera and Rimini can continue their journey with the replacement service with a specially arranged bus up to Bologna Centrale, where they can continue their journey with the new FR 8801 train.
The IC 606 Bari Centrale (5:55) – Bologna Centrale (1:00 pm) train ends today in Pescara at 9:00.
Passengers can use the first available trains by the Trenitalia Customer Service staff.
The train IC 604 Pescara (7:02) – Milano Centrale (13:40) is canceled today.
Passengers can use the first available trains by the Trenitalia Customer Service staff.
The train IC 603 Bologna Centrale (8:00) – Lecce (16:51) today leaves from Pescara at 12:03.
Passengers departing from Bologna Centrale, Faenza, Forlì, Cesena, Riminifiera, Rimini, Riccione, Pesaro, Fano, Senigallia, Ancona, Civitanova, Porto San Giorgio, San Benedetto del Tronto and Giulianova can use the IC 605 Milano Centrale train (7 :05) – Lecce (7.55pm).
InterCity Notte trains directly involved with a longer journey time of more than 60 minutes:
• ICN 758 Lecce (6.31pm) – Central Milan (7.05am)
• ICN 752 Lecce (7.50pm) – Central Milan (7.12am)
• ICN 754 Lecce (20:25) – Turin Porta Nuova (9:25)
• ICN 755 Milan Central Station (9.50pm) – Lecce (9.30am)
Customer assistance by Trenitalia personnel in Bologna Centrale, Rimini and Ancona.
At the Bologna Central station, the distribution of kits with comfort items is provided for by the Trenitalia Customer Service staff.
You can find out the progress of your train and the travel solutions from the station of your interest with Cerca Treno.
Start of event – 21:37 on May 2nd
Traffic is suspended as a precaution between Faenza and Forlì due to critical weather conditions which could cause the rivers Montone, Lamone, Senio and Santerno to flood.
Requested the intervention of technicians and law enforcement to allow the regular resumption of railway traffic.
High-speed and InterCity Notte trains may be subject to delays and rerouting on the alternative route between Bologna and Rimini via Ravenna.
Regional trains may be subject to delays, cancellations or route restrictions.
Bad weather Emilia Romagna, it has been raining heavily and non-stop for the past 48 hours in the region: the alert issued house by house by the Civil Protection is red, floods and displaced families in the “lower” provinces of Bologna and Ravenna with the Sillaro stream which has broken a bank, while other watercourses have overflowed blocking the road network. Flooding also in the center of Bologna and Imola with homes and shops flooded. Landslides in the Romagna and Bologna Apennines. Trains blocked on the lines from Bologna to Rimini, with serious consequences for the entire Adriatic backbone, Ravenna and Ferrara. Many Romagna municipalities have decided to close schools.
The scenery
«What is taking place in the Bologna area is a significant event, with rain falling continuously since Sunday; moreover, a persistence of rainfall is expected on the central-eastern sector of the region, which could create further increases in the hydrometric levels from upstream on the basins already affected by the floods”. The Emilia Romagna Region communicates it.
Schools closed
The flooded area due to the breaking of the Sillaro embankment in Conselice (Ravenna) increased and during the night in Bagnacavallo the flooding of the Lamone in the Boncellino area was reported. Schools closed in some municipalities as a precaution, such as Faenza, Castel Bolognese, Selva and San Martino di Molinella, an area where the Quaderna overflowed. Families have already been evacuated since yesterday evening and other situations are being evaluated: the mayors advise in the areas most at risk not to move by car and to move to the upper floors of the houses. In Conselice, the welcome was organized at the Palazzetto dello Sport: “I remind you that anyone can go to the Palazzetto dello sport and it is advisable to bring a blanket with you”, warns the mayor Paola Pula. In the Ravenna area, the two most critical situations are those of Lamone and Montone in the hamlets of San Pancrazio and Ragone, San Marco, Santerno, Ammonite, Mezzano, Glorie and Torri. Bridges also closed in the Modena area, while the Futa state road, in the Apennines, was closed in Loiano due to a landslide. Several provincial roads in the Bologna area also closed. Also due to a landslide that caused the main pipe to break, the gas supply was interrupted throughout Predappio Alta. (Forlì-Cesena).
Stop trains, thousands of commuters blocked
Due to bad weather, railway traffic was suspended in some areas of Emilia-Romagna: between Faenza and Forlì (Bologna-Rimini line), Russi and Lugo (Bologna-Ravenna line), Russi and Granarolo (Faenza-Ravenna line) and between Lavezzola and Mezzano (Ferrara-Ravenna line). The suspension, the Fs explain, was made necessary by the raising of the emergency level of the Montone, Lamone, Senio and Santerno rivers due to the heavy and prolonged rains. Rfi technicians on site in contact with the Prefecture and Civil Protection. En route trains have been stopped at stations with thousands of commuters unable to get to jobs and school. Rescheduling in progress.
Below you will find the list of blocked or canceled trains.
The situation
«Among the special observations the Sillaro stream, a tributary of the Reno. Here in the early afternoon a breach formed between Massa Lombarda (Ravenna) and Imola (Bologna). The regional agency for territorial security and civil protection is intervening with its own means and with a company. We will work all night, even with lighthouse towers, to close the break with cyclopean boulders in the shortest possible time; a fire brigade helicopter also went into action. There are other floods along the Sillaro: in the Bologna area it overflowed in the locality of San Salvatore in Sesto Imolese. In the red zone all the waterways are above hydrographic level 3. Work is underway to start the expansion tanks and also the consortia of reclamation have activated their reticle. Municipalities are evaluating ordinances to close schools in correspondence with closed roads or near embankments. As regards the hydrographic network of the Reno, there have been some floods of the Idice, in the municipality of Castenaso, where a family has been evacuated; also in the municipality of San Lazzaro thirty people were evacuated as a precaution due to the levels reached by the Savena».
«Numerous reports arrived for landslides, with several roads closed, but also from citizens and isolated cars. The overall situation that is taking place in Emilia-Romagna was communicated by the regional agency to the national civil protection department. In the Bologna area, a landslide occurred in Casalfiumanese, on the road to Macerato; isolate some people who will be transferred to accommodation facilities. In Ozzano dell’Emilia the Quaderna stream has come out. In Bologna the Ravone is overflowed, which is “tombed” in the city, in via del Chiu and via Saffi. The provincial road 36 Val di Zena – at km 7 of Botteghino and at km 16 Mulino di Zena – was closed due to the flooding of the Zena. The Municipality of Borgo Tossignano has received reports of a landslide on via Siepe San Giovanni. A family with a fragile person has been displaced».
«In the Reggio area, in Tresinaro, under Baiso, due to the rain, log debris fell on the street, and has already been removed; a river of mud has been flowing down from Rio Campiano since this morning, after a rainy night. Accessibility to the ER 13 cycle path has been closed because, in some lower points, it runs alongside the Secchia. Reported a stream concentrated on the mountain slope that crosses the provincial road 7, in the locality of Rondinara, in Scandiano ». «In the Modena area, a landslide occurred along provincial road 19 – Sassuolo, in the Pigneto area, with water leaking from the Corlo stream, and various flooding of roads (in Fiorano Modenese). Water also leaking from the Tiepido stream, also in the Modena area. In Pazzano Estense, a landslide affected the municipal road towards Serramazzoni». «Since yesterday evening the Cor (Regional Operations Center) has been open 24 hours a day, just as the unified operating rooms of the provinces of Bologna, Ravenna, Modena, Reggio Emilia are open and that of Ferrara has been alerted in case of need.
Last updated: Wednesday 3 May 2023, 08:43
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