A A landslide caused by bad weather, shortly after 5am today, caused the collapse of a 3-storey house in Cormons (Gorizia): one person was pulled alive by firefighters. A search for the missing person is currently underway.
Heavy rains hit Friuli Venezia Giulia since early morning: a major critical problem in the province of Udine, affecting the towns of Palmanova, Trivignano Udinese and Manzano. So far, dozens of interventions have been carried out by the Fire Department to rescue drivers in difficulty, people trapped in their homes due to water, floods and landslides.
Heavy rain over Massa
The bad weather isn’t stopping in Italy today either. A yellow warning applies to six regions in the North-Central: A yellow warning applies to Emilia Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Lombardy, Tuscany and Umbria.
A storm occurred in Massa at night with 73 mm of rain falling in one hour. Showers and thunderstorms extended from the northwestern regions to all of Tuscany, especially in the northern regions.
Yellow warning in 6 regions
A yellow warning applies to Emilia Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Lombardy, Tuscany and Umbria. The following are the areas of greatest risk according to the Civil Protection bulletin estimating the general critical level of hydraulic risk in Emilia Romagna (Middle Emilia mountains, Reggio Emilia plains, Lower Piacenza-Parma hills, Piacenza-Parma mountains, High Piacenza-Parma hills, Po Reggio plains, Middle Emilian hills, Piacenza-Parma plains); Friuli Venezia Giulia (Eastern/Karst Basin, Isonzo Basin and Udine and Gorizia Plains).
The storm risk still concerns Liguria (Eastern Ligurian Po Valley, Central Ligurian Maritime Basin, Eastern Ligurian Maritime Basin), almost all of Tuscany (Etruria, Valdichiana, Valdelsa-Valdera, Lower Valdarno, Serchio-Garfagnana-Lima, Arno-Casentino, Serchio-Costa, Upper Arno-Valdarno, Arno-Florence, Arno-Costa, Bisenzio and Ombrone Pt, Etruria-North Coast, Etruria-South Coast, Lunigiana, Mugello-Val di Sieve, Reno, Romagna-Tuscany, Serchio-Lucca, Valtiberina, Versilia, Ombrone Gr-Alto, Islands), Umbria (Chiani – Paglia, Nera – Corno, Trasimeno – Nestore, Chiascio – Topino, Middle Tiber, Upper Tiber).
There is an amber alert – due to hydrogeological risks) – also, with respect to Emilia Romagna, in: Central Emilian mountains, Piacenza-Parma mountains, High Piacenza-Parma hills, Central Emilian hills; Friuli Venezia Giulia: Tagliamento and Torre mountain basins; Liguria: Ligurian Po Valley Basin in the East, Ligurian Maritime Basin in the Center, Ligurian Maritime Basin in the East; Lombardy: Eastern highlands, Valcamonica, Lakes and eastern Prealps, Lario and western Prealps, Bergamo Orobie; Tuscany: Etruria, Valdichiana, Valdelsa-Valdera, Lower Valdarno, Serchio-Garfagnana-Lima, Arno-Casentino, Serchio-Costa, Upper Arno-Valdarno, Arno-Florence, Arno-Costa, Bisenzio and Ombrone Pt, Etruria-North Coast, Etruria-South Coast, Lunigiana, Mugello-Val di Sieve, Reno, Romagna-Tuscany, Serchio-Lucca, Valtiberina, Versilia, Ombrone Gr-Alto, Islands.
