The bad weather that has hit Italy in recent days has cost the lives of 9 people and a missing person is still being sought. Dozens were injured, including several firefighters. The most serious damage to people was caused by the wind, which uprooted several trees causing them to collapse on the road.
More than 5 thousand interventions carried out by firefighters called by citizens in difficulty. Record wind was recorded in Liguria, with the maximum peak at 180 kilometers per hour measured by the anemometer in Marina di Loano, in the Savona area. Rivers are always under special surveillance, especially in Veneto and Friuli, but there is also an alert in Lombardy.
"The Adige, the Tagliamento, the Brenta and the Isonzo present major problems - said the head of the Civil Protection Angelo Borrelli - and for this reason we are considering opening a tunnel that has not been used for years which would allow us to drain the water from the 'Adige towards Lake Garda”.
The situation in the province of Belluno is also worrying, where there are 110 people without electricity and several landslides. Night in the dark also in Tuscany, for 40 thousand users. There are many isolated villages due to landslides that have blocked the roads, especially in Trentino. Problems with railway traffic in Genoa, due to the storm that invaded the tracks.
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Among the victims, two are the people who lost their lives on Via Casilina, in the Municipality of Castrocielo, in the province of Frosinone, where an oak tree collapsed on a passing car, a Smart, killing an entrepreneur and his collaborator who they were on board.
A volunteer firefighter died in San Martino in Badia, in the province of Bolzano, overwhelmed by a tree that fell due to the strong wind.
In Ischia Porto, Barano, Serrara Fontana and Forio schools closed this morning. In Pompeii, the excavations were evacuated due to strong winds.
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