At Brazzano di Cormòns the most critical point of the wave was recorded bad weather which happened to the Friuli Venezia Giulia. A landslide hit a house in via San Giorgio, causing the house to collapse. Firefighters, supported by civil protection volunteers, rescued one person alive, who was transferred to Udine hospital with a broken leg. Two people went missing in the morning. In the afternoon, fire and rescue crews discovered the body of Quirin Kuhnert, 32, a German citizen. And that evening also Guerrina Skocaj, 83 years old.
Based on police reports, the man was overwhelmed when he rescued his neighbor who was trapped in the mud, although this cannot be confirmed yet.
Reinforcements from across the region: special groups in action
The complexity of the collapse requires the support of specialist units. That. arrived in Brazzano river savior from the Trieste and Pordenone commandos, in addition to the operators of the Udine and Gorizia fire brigades have been working since early morning. On site there is also a regional Gos unit, responsible for earthmoving and safety work, as well as a dog unit involved in site searches. is lost. The Usar (urban search and rescue) team arrived from Veneto, specializing in searching among the ruins. The area is still isolated and continuously monitored due to unstable terrain. Firefighters intervened with light boats and helicopters from the Venice aviation department in the town of Versa, a Romans d’Isonzo hamlet, in the Gorizia area. Following the flooding of the Torre river, several people took refuge on the roofs of their houses.
Record rainfall: 152 millimeters in six hours in Cormòns
The disturbance hit the area between Palmanova and the Slovenian border with extraordinary force. In Cormòns, one of the hardest hit centers, they signed up 152 mm of rain in just six hours. The large amount of falling water caused the Judrio river to overflow, flooding villages, houses and roads. Landslides and mudslides were also reported in hilly areas and in towns near the Brazzano church, where several houses suffered damage as a result of the disaster. mud.
Palmanova is under water: the hospital is flooded but still operational
A critical situation also occurred in the lower Friuli region. In Palmanova, the hospital basement was flooded with tens of centimeters of water. Even though the technical area was flooded, health service activities did not experience any disruption. Traffic problems recorded in Visco, Trivignano Udinese and Chiopris Viscone, with some roads impassable and motorists stuck in underpasses and flooded sections of road.
More than 200 requests for intervention during the night
The Udine fire department headquarters was overwhelmed by telephone calls: around two hundred requests for intervention came in since midnight, while the Gorizia command handled many reports simultaneously. Among the most complicated interventions are saving the elderly ended up in a water-filled ditch with his car in the Cascina Rinaldi area. The man recovered in a high-risk condition, but without serious consequences.
Weather warnings and evolution of the next few hours
Regional civil protection has been issued yellow warning Due to worsening weather conditions, it was confirmed that at night there would be heavy and continuous rain. The Atlantic front will continue to affect the region for several more hours, with heavy rain and southwest winds on the coast.
In the afternoon there may be a brief respite, before the arrival of a cold wave from Austria that will bring sharp weather temperature drop and snow in descending heights, down to the bottom of the Tarvisio valley. From Tuesday, Bora’s entry will support a return to more stable conditions.
