Siena, tomorrow January 20 yellow code for snow and ice
The first real hints of winter also in Siena and its province, in addition to Mount Amiata where the snow has already settled in the past few days. In the last few hours, frost, hail and the first small “whitewash” in the city and in many places in the area, but temperatures are preparing to drop further and for this reason the regional civil protection operations room has issued a yellow code for ice for the whole day tomorrow, Friday 20 January. The affected areas are the internal and eastern ones. It also extended the yellow code for snow, again to the whole day on Friday, for the Alto Mugello and the Arezzo Apennines.
Meanwhile, the Municipality of Siena informs that following the episodes of bad weather that have concentrated in the last few hours on the Sienese territory and the weather alert issued by the Tuscany Region has activated the ice prevention service to be used in the arrival hours, on roads and schools, to monitor any critical issues due to drops in temperatures. Although there is no snow risk, with temperatures above freezing, it remains to be monitored given the danger of ice on the roads.
“For the moment the situation seems to be under control, however, it is necessary to pay the utmost attention, due to ice, on roads and sidewalks”. The councilor for civil protection of the Municipality of Siena Francesca Appolloni explains.
“Our ice prevention teams will be present from the early hours of the morning on the municipal roads – concludes the commissioner Appolloni – to try to monitor the critical situation that should occur due to today’s rainfall”.