119 interventions by the Fire Brigade in one day
Schools closed today at Novafetrianot so much for the snowfall that whitewashed the entire hinterland of Rimini between yesterday and Saturday as in anticipation of theweather alert issued by the civil defence. Snow accumulations ranged from 30 centimeters in Novafeltria and San Leo to the 80 by Pennabilli. In many users of Sant’Agata Feltria there was a problem with the supply of electricity, which is being resolved by Enel and the Provincial Road Service. Moving along the coast, a powerful storm in Rimini forcefully moved the boats moored at the port, with the waves reaching forcefully cross the docks. Trunks and branches were transported to the sea by river currents and the rivers were the special supervised of this particularly intense day for the Fire Brigade.
In addition to the interventions on the coast, where the gusts reached 80 kilometers per hour causing the collapse of trees and signs and to the more than 30 for unsafe plants, over 50 affected this morning risk of flooding rivers and streams. During the night in Coriano in the ford of the via Piane stream, they were rescued two people whose car was submerged, the two waited for help clinging to a tree. The heavy rains of the last few hours in Riccione have done probe the Marano at the height of the San Lorenzo bridge, where this morning around 8 a car got stuck in the water. The bridge was then closed and cordoned off by the local police.
In the morning there were floods in the Marecchia park, all accesses were cordoned off.
In addition to Emilia Romagna, the yellow alert for bad weather concerns Abruzzo, Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Molise, Puglia, Umbria and Marche, where intense rainfall, strong gusts of wind and very rough seas have caused damage and inconvenience especially in the area of Senigallia, where the Misa – after the flood of last September – has returned (fortunately for a limited time) to scare. The Civil Defense of Campania region, called the mayors of all the Municipalities to pay the utmost attention also in consideration of the situation strongly compromised by the rainfall of these days. And that’s just the beginning: bad weather won’t let go and Italy will still have to deal with rain, colder temperatures and lots of snow at least until Sunday.