Bologna, May 3, 2023 – It’s still sos bad weather in the Bologna area even today, May 3rd. This night around 4 the situation a Castle has deteriorated confirming the alarm that had already been spread to the inhabitants of the hamlet during the day: the local plumbing system has effectively stopped working due to the high level reached by the waters of the canal, leading to the flooding of some cellars of the buildings located on the right side of the Navile, lower than the waterway.
The water has reached the thresholds on which the Civil Defense has placed sandbags. The action of the Reno Galliera Local Police, Fire Brigade, Civil Protection Volunteers, already present on site, has stemmed the effects of the water, thanks to the use of dewatering pumps which are slowly bringing the situation back to normal as it continues to rain. There are no people evacuated. At the moment in Castello on via Matteotti the viability is alternated, we recommend alternative routes.
Displaced people and schools closed
Dozens of displaced people in the province: outside San Lazzaro (at Mura San Carlo) signed the evacuation order for residents, trapped by the water, which invaded the road (there are about eighty displaced persons in the Imolese area). It happens in via del Seminario, where the firefighters also rescued a dog. In the province, for today, May 3, the school closures of every order and degree in Selva Malvezzi and San Martino in Argine, fractions of Molinella.
Several roads were closed, on all of them via Saffi (video) in the center of Bologna (where the Ravone flooded due to bad weather), as well as in Casalecchio as well as in the rest of the city and province. Returning to the city, the mayor Matteo Lepore recommends, until tomorrow, to limit travel to those strictly necessary “, because the situation is now ” under control but evolving “. A family also evacuated to Castenaso.
