Bad weather in Liguria: tornado, damage and three missing climbers | Daily Facts

An incredible amount Rain and one whirlwind, came from sea, which he eradicated plant and swept away receptacle. There Liguria, yellow alert since the early hours of Saturday 15 November, hit by a disturbance that he brought very heavy rain especially in Genovesato: 2 centimeters in 5 minutes a Sciarborasca, 7.5 centimeters in one hour a Blessed Mother Mary, above Voltri and 23.6 centimeters in 6 hours a Seven loaves.

To Praglia Plan, in the first interior of the Genoese region, they were also found three young climbers are missing. Firefighters have arrived at the scene and a search is underway in an inaccessible area, activated before sunset and most importantly the arrival of new firefighters. waved expected disruption the next few hours. The cause of the disappearance of the three boys who had been in the hills since morning remains unexplained.

There are several areas affected: a Pegli for example, heavy rain causes the collapse of a wall From detention from a private garden which collapsed onto the street below, overwhelming it parked car. There wasn’t a single person left wound but the road is closed and the material is falling – Earth And rock – must be removed.

Abundant rain also causes flooding Rio Fegino, to flooding of streets, squares and underground passages as well as manhole explosions. The areas most affected are West Genoa between Voltri and Sampierdarena, where not only the rain caused various damages, but also a whirlwind, or more likely a explosion.

For explosion refers to a particularly violent meteorological phenomenon in which a column of air descends rapidly from a storm clouds and, once you hit the ground, yes expand overall directions produce strong wind breeze From wind linear. This caused considerable damage: several overturned trash cans rolled across the road, as well as vans, fallen trees and several containers filled with rubbish. New Terminal Village falls in the Pre buffer zone.

In the Imperia area – apart from the constant rain that causes major flooding – too wind with very strong gusts of wind it causes problems. A large eucalyptus tree fell on a medium voltage line in Dolceacqua, causing a power outage that he left without power several houses.

In afternoon The storm that hit Genoa has subsided and the situation has calmed down. But Arpal weather forecasters have announced it for tomorrow orange alert, the highest warning level for thunderstorms. Today – as Arpal says – “there is a lot of water that can be deposited especially in the first two thousand meters of the atmosphere. Tomorrow it will reach 5 thousand meters”.

That “definitely getting worse” meteorological conditions in the northern regions and in Tuscany, with heavy rainfall, cause Department from Civil Protection, with the approval of the region concerned, to issue a I’ll tell you From bad weather conditions. The warning predicts, from the afternoon of Saturday 15 November, scattered to widespread rainfall in Liguria and Tuscany, extending to Emilia-Romagna and from tomorrow afternoon, Sunday 16 November, in Veneto.

Heavy rain, frequent electrical activity and strong wind gusts are expected. Therefore – considering the predicted and ongoing phenomena – evaluated tomorrow, Sunday 16 November, orange warning For hurricane risk in the Liguria and for hydraulic and hydrogeological risks in the Emilia-Romagna sector.