Thursday, March 5, 2015

Bad weather, wind at 100 km per hour in Tuscany. Comes off … – The Republic

A morning in the emergency wind surfing in Tuscany. Gusts exceeding 100 km / h caused damage in many parts of the region. Fallen trees, signs uprooted, roof tiles, eaves collapsed, roofs blown. In the province of Lucca, in Borgo a Mozzano, a forty year old prisoner died of his car, a Ford Focus, because of a rock that broke off from the hill and ended up on the roof of the car crushing. Unharmed and in shock the woman who was traveling at his side. Sauro Tortelli, 41, owner of a spa in Piazza al Serchio was crushed inside the cockpit. Also in Lucca, Ponte a Moriano, the wind has blown off the roof of the gymnasium of an elementary school and two women were injured. It is instead saved to a matter of a few centimeters, in Floren ce, a girl of 28 years on board a BMW was crossing the avenue of Poggio Imperiale: “A cypress is suddenly collapsed in front of my car – he said – then I scared primed reverse and another tree collapsed behind me. I tried to call 113 but it was busy, so I went running to the first police station to ask for help. ” One of the trees collapsed damaged a sculpture depicting a lion.

It ‘a gale gusts that forced Prato, Pistoia, Sansepolcro (Arezzo) and many municipalities of Versilia to close schools. Wind has canceled flights taking off from the airport of Peretola and arrivals diverted to other airports Italian. In Florence is closed as a precaution the Cascine Park and also the Boboli Gardens. In a tweet, the deputy mayor of Florence Cristina Giachi urges people not to get “in circulation if not indispensable,” avoiding “gardens and parks.” For security reasons and for technical checks on the state of the trees are close d Medici Villas of Poggio a Caiano and Petraia while in Cerreto Guidi is locked garden. Severe damage even in Mugello with gusts of wind, in the town of Scarborough, reached 159 km / h and where near Autodromo were uprooted hundreds of trees and billboards.

State of emergency. The announcement the governor of Tuscany, Enrico Rossi: “I will sign a state of emergency regional – said the president of the region – to allow the mayors of the municipalities where there were damages to initiate urgent interventions and to extend the mobilization of civil protection in all Tuscany “

Highways. Difficult traveling on the motorway A11 Firenze-Mare are six kilometers of the queue, queues even in the stretch from Calenzano to Roncobilaccio in AUTOSOLE. The Florence-Pisa-Livorno was closed for a few hours at the branch of Cascina following a car accident, no injuries, to allow the removal of vehicles and debris. Have formed long queues and heavy traffic in the direction of Livorno.

Trains. There has been difficult even for the trains, particularly along the Tyrrhenian railway line and other minor lines of Tuscany and Liguria. Due to the presence of debris on the tracks the movement of trains is suspended between the stations of Viareggio and Massa, on the Pisa-La Spezia, between Prato and Pistoia, along the Viareggio-Florence and Pistoia-Pescaglia between Tenth and St. Peter, along the line-Lucca Piazza al Serchio. Discomforts also on Genoa-Ventimiglia, between Imperia Oneglia and Imperia Porto Maurizio, the fall of a tree that damaged a section of the electrical supply to the train.

French . The situation is difficult even on the coast, from Viareggio to Forte dei Marmi you start counting the damage: fallen trees, windows destroyed in some stores. Some trees were felled on the A12 Genova-Rosignano. The stretch between Versilia and Massa towards Genoa, as communicated by Cciss (Coordination Centre road safety information), is blocked. In Forte dei Marmi discomforts more. Villa Bertelli, the town hall, was damaged and the fire brigade had to intervene to an explosion reported on a provincial road and caused by a gas leak. No one was hurt. “It ‘been a difficult night for the citizens – said Umberto Buratti, Mayor of Forte dei Marmi – who have had to deal with what happened.”


Schools. A Pistoia tonight were closed some streets and squares because of falling trees or the danger of cornices. The City Council decided today to the closure of schools of all levels, with the recommendation to the citizens not to leave home unless absolutely necessary. Students at home in Prato, as well as in many municipalities of Versilia. The schools are in fact closed in Pietrasanta, Forte dei Marmi, Camaiore, Stazzema and Seravezza, in the province of Lucca. In Prato, in particular, institutions Datini and Dagomari will be closed in the coming days for serious damage. In Florence there are four schools closed: the Benedetto Fortini, the institute Duca d’Aosta, for falling glass and inability to reach a sufficient number of teachers to ensure the lessons, the institute including Ghiberti, which will be closed tomorrow for the fall of a big cedar in the garden, to be removed, and the technical institute da Vinci. Schools closed in Mugello , in Scarperia and San Piero a Sieve, for lack of electricity.

Florence. Closed avenue Machiavelli in the first section for a number of fallen trees. For the same reason it was closed in the early part of the morning via Pistoia, Prato street, Via Vittorio Emanuele and Viale del Poggio Imperiale. Interventions also Piazzale Michelangelo and the Palace of Justice where a sentry was thrown against the fence of the garage. The courthouse was closed. At noon was reopened via Pistoiese but were shut off Giampaolo Orsini and because of Gore with traffic diversion. In Valdarno Florentine two firefighters were injured, hit by a concrete pole: one of the two received a shot at head that caused the rupture of the protective helmet. Both conscious, were taken to hospital for investigation of Figline. Their conditions are not severe.

Prato. The strong winds have caused the collapse of a portion of the historic city walls. Were recorded yielding the bastion San Giusto and collapsed the wall of the Conservatory of San Niccolò, in Dolce de ‘Mazzamuti. Also collapsed part of a former factory near the health center Giovannini, in the historic center, in front of the old hospital. Evacuated, at the request of firefighters, about 150 people, almost all operators of surgery.

Lucca. A boulder that is detached from the hill, killing a passing motorist, Sauro Tortelli, while it saves the young man who was traveling with him. Two women were injured in a non-serious for the separation of a part of the roof of a school in Ponte a Moriano, in the province of Lucca. Because of the strong wind came off the panels from the roof of the elementary school gym. Injured a teacher and a middle-aged caretaker who had just parked their car and were coming to school. The two were taken to hospital, one with code red, but on arrival to the emergency conditions of both were not serious.
Throughout the wounded are in Lucca, at the time, at least four, in addition to the woman slightly bruised by a falling tree that caused the death of a motorist. On the way Sarzanese Maggiano a worker was hit by a branch that broke off suddenly from the trees that man was arranging. A Mologno another worker was hit by a roof that fell on him and was hospit alized in serious conditions. The wind blew strong in the night did pull the tip of the bell tower of metal in Camaiore that fell on a roof of a house without anyone being injured. Also in Camaiore also damaged the roof of the schools Tabarrani. In this common as in Stazzema in high Versilia there are problems for the phone and are finishing even UPS cellphones, inconvenience for lack of electricity.

Livorno. A Quercianella the wind reached 130 km / h; a tree in Livorno struck the garden nursery sources, while Ardenza car parked in via Muratori was completely crushed and destroyed by an ancient pine tree fell.

Ferries. The Frighteners, due to bad weather, the links between Piombino and Elba. The only starting this morning was the ‘Moby Lally’ direct from Piombino to Portoferraio, while at the time still remain the hydrofoil and other ferries. In Livorno, where gusts of wind are are about 40 kilometers per hour, jumped just connecting with Capraia. Regular ferries, but with some delay, those for the major islands.

Power lines. Some trees have been cut down on power lines in various parts of Tuscany. Are 230 thousand lines of medium voltage currently interrupted. The greatest damage, according to reports from Enel, are recorded in Lucca, in Garfagnana, in Versilia, Pistoia and Massa. Problems also in Casentino Arezzo and in some areas of the territory of Florence, Pisa and Livorno.

Hospitals. On a crisis unit also Careggi hospital where the wind caused the collapse of some trees and various damage to the roofs of the pavilions. The most important problems are related to the risk of falling tiles from the roofs of the buildings older and falling branches or trees. At present no harm to people, but if the strong wind were to continue with the current intensity, the company as a precaution alerts the user with the utmost attention to transit through the avenues of the hospital and follow the instructions of the staff and of firefighters that have been activated to ensure safety. From the point of view of health currently not registered a particular increase access to emergency rooms. The power outages caused by bad weather in Cortona and Sansepolcro, nell’Aretino, forced transfer of some patients from local hospitals to that of Arezzo. A decision made despite the presence in the structures of electronic groups.

The nursery industry. The bad weather has caused damage in the millions of Euros to the nursery sector in the province of Pistoia. “We are making the estimate of the damage but for the nursery we can already speak of several million, for an event that I do not think Pistoia ever lived in. None of us remembers a wind so strong, like tonight, in our area,” says Francis Mati Confagricoltura. “Some greenhouses – explains – are irreparably damaged, also saw torn tunnel and above are also damaged the homes and farm buildings,

wherever there are broken tiles and tiles fell from the rooftops, valuable trees of great value that have been slaughtered “. It will be difficult for farmers to get compensation: “The natural disaster – says Mati – is no longer contemplated, however, ask equally extraordinary measures to the Region, in particular to the governor Rossi and of course to the Government”

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