Il Maltempo rages on all regions of Italy and forecasts announce another week of heavy rains, in addition to the snow on the Alpine hills. If a Venezia the bad weather has given a break, they are now the rivers of theEmilia and Toscana to raise alarm. The weather alarm concerns 11 regions of Italy.
A Florence, where the memory of the 1966 flood never faded and remained a nightmare, the Arno it has risen alarmingly in recent days and is being kept under close surveillance: now the water level is considered stable at least for the next few hours. TO Pisa, despite the high alarm level and the worries of the day before, the situation remained under control during the night. In Cecina, the river of the same name overflowed and 550 people were evacuated. Flooding and tornadoes also hit the Grosseto area, where 2 people were evacuated. A whirlwind hit the Feniglia nature reserve, in the municipality of Orbetello, in the province of Grosseto. According to the forest carabinieri, the tornado destroyed a thousand pine trees, damaging an area of about 8 hectares of the pine forest. Traffic for vehicles and pedestrians has also been closed for safety reasons.
Even the rivers ofEmilia are kept under control ea budrio, in the Bologna area, the river Index it overflowed causing the evacuation of hundreds of people due to the risk of breaking the levees.
A Venezia the worst seems over, but the high tide will continue for at least a couple more days. The next peak is expected at 110cm of water with 12% of the city flooded. Much will depend on the strength of the winds but from today the schools of Venice they have been reopened and this is a good sign. In the meantime, the Municipality of Venice has started damage count, while subscriptions of funds continue as a sign of solidarity with the population affected by the bad weather.
Among the various initiatives there is also that of Generali, which has always been linked to the lagoon city. All the companies of the winged Lion group operating in Italy – Generali Italia, Alleanza Assicurazioni and Genertel/Genertellife – have defined a plan of initiatives in favor of its customers residents in the affected areas which provides for concessions, such as suspension, extension and deferral of premiums.
For fast claims management Generali Italy it also immediately activated the interventions envisaged by the catastrophic event management model "Generali Qui per Voi" and made the toll-free number 800.867.222 available to agents and customers damaged by bad weather, dedicated to information and complaints of claims. Genertel customers can contact the toll-free number 800.20.20.20 and those of Genertellife the toll-free number 800.20.20.90.
Since the first hours of the incident, through the Natural Events Team “Here For You” Generali Italia intervened directly on the spot with the presence of qualified personnel from the company and then contacting experts, trustees and technicians for an initial assessment of the damage in the affected area.
In South Tyrol, and precisely in Val Martello, an avalanche it hit some houses, but did not cause any casualties. In the province of Bolzano 11 families are still without electricity: a local train in the Val Pusteria derailed this morning due to a landslide near Rio Pusteria. The accident, which occurred around 6 in the morning, involved two people who were not seriously injured.
In Campania a water bomb caused heavy damage in the province of Caserta, flooding fields and stables.
(Last update: 17.10 am on 10 November).
