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Florence , August 1, 2015 – 20:39
Half the city without water, the other with very little pressure, in some cases of yellow color. Many fallen trees along the avenues, one of them fell on a kindergarten in Villamagna. Flooded some underpasses. This is the result of the storm that hit Florence in the evening. In late evening, the invitation of the City: “Problems circulation to flooding and fallen trees: do not get in the car, especially # # Q2 and Q3 #nubifragio #allertameteotos,” the tweet of the alert. But the provisional toll is heavy when you record 12-15 injured, one serious, somehow related to bad weather today: it is a boy who was fishing in the area dell’Anconella when a tree fell on him it centered in the middle. There was talk of a dispersed Arno but was fortunately found at home. Damage to the Bargello Museum and the Uffizi, but only minor. According to an estimate weather spread on the Twitter profile of the municipality, it would be rained 35 mm of water in only 45 minutes. The units of Lamma, outside Florence – in the city there are recordings – have recorded gusts over the 5oKm / h, but in the areas most affected were also stronger.
Trains haywire, chaos in Santa Maria Novella
“There are 18 trains stopped on the railway Florence due to a power pole fell” tell the radio room of the provincial civil protection. In fact, the railway is blocked in Florence, is the line Direttissima to Rome, is the slow line. The trains are stopped because of a fault in the overhead power line, between the stations of Campo di Marte and Rovezzano where he sold a `portale’ in support of the airline. “Trains have been made back to the nearest stations, between Rovezzano and Champs de Mars, and in the other nearest stations across the board,” explains by Fs. “They are very complex and require the entire night interventions that technicians of RFI have to play to restore the infrastructure – railways writes in a footnote – From here the decision to go back to Rome Termini trains unable to continue their run north. It was for this alerted the Civil Defence and all care facilities Trenitalia. Intended for customers involved full reimbursement of the ticket, accommodation and maximum assistance. Meanwhile, 10 of the 14 trains that at this time they were going along the ridge towards Rome were diverted along the Tyrrhenian line, via Florence – Pisa – Grosseto, the other four will be relegated to Milan. ” But the station Firenze Santa Maria Novella is chaos: “We were on a Frecciarossa to Rome – says a reader who contacted our staff in the middle of the night – are ordering us back to Milan but there are children, sick people, we asked to provide the bus to go to Rome, but we have no answers. “
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Rain, wind and hail, trees down in Florence
Rain, wind and hail, trees down in Florence
Rain, wind and hail, trees down in Florence
Rain, wind and hail, trees down in Florence
Rain, wind and hail, trees down in Florence
Rain, wind and hail, trees down in Florence
Damages
The damage is They occurred practically everywhere, with trees uprooted in Lungarno del Tempio Lungarno Colombo, but also in Europe avenue. “A tornado has basically moved, we were forced to stop us,” said a motorist who also sent us the photo of the tree uprooted near the roundabout of Viale Europa. Via Datini, in the area of Gavinana, a terrace of a bar has been raised and then again falls at the entrance of the bar itself, fortunately closed. Eugenio, a lord of the area, was sitting on the terrace of the bar dairy Meating place via Datini when a tornado lifted the entire hotel reversing it and making it spin. “Only the car and the wall of the house stopped him. I luckily I have not done anything, “he says. On Florence south a tree and ‘fell locking, cars and buses are due to go back in the wrong direction. In many streets in Florence South (towards the exit of the A1 and the siding Varlungo, on both banks of the Arno) pedestrians were forced to climb on cars or bins (uprooted and thrown away from where they were parked) for avoid being in the large puddles that formed. “Very strong tornado – writes on Facebook mayor of Bagno a Ripoli, Francesco Casini – that involved our territory. There has been numerous falls of trees that obstruct the movement of vehicles and vehicles. Criticality of Via Roma Via Via Rosano Ritortoli. Locked away Rosai Via Procacci and Via Pulicciano. It is recommended to avoid tonight get in your car if not necessary. “
Lightning record
The site map Lightning even reported a complex of more than 60,000 lightning strikes recorded Florence Station (across the region) in the last 24 hours. Maybe one of these, or a flood, is the basis of the failure that hit the station Publiacqua dell’Anconella. “They came down a good part of trees – explain the spa – and a power surge has created other problems. Some rooms have been flooded. ” But after a couple of hours the pumps should reoperation, ensure by Publicqua, however, in emergency conditions. The water is returned to the areas it limitrove, the plant will have a hard time “pumping” outside Florence. In the center, between the street furniture, large vases were shattered windswept.
The electricity
Problems with electricity there were also in Bagno a Ripoli, where in some areas is skipped. But of course the trees are to have had the worst of the storm. Matthew on Twitter Casanovi, President Sylphides, the company that manages public lighting writes: “Turning advance of public lighting in all of Florence. The control will continue for a while to jump, but we are on the piece. ”
The water supply and flooding
All’Anconella the first damage reported, with many fallen trees in the park and some also over the social center CPA Fi-South, said some residents. Another tree in via Piagentina. The fitting Varlungo was closed for a fallen tree. Via Quintino Sella some ground floor apartments were flooded. Lungarno Colombo was blocked by another plant fall, problems with traffic a bit ‘everywhere, even to Gignoro, where the underpass was flooded, as well as other underpasses in the city have had problems. Just to Gignoro intervened divers to make sure that it was not locked in a car no one left inside: fortunately, was not. Better it went to two passengers of a car stuck in an underpass in Calenzano, saved by firefighters on alert to other road users present. The storm also hit Fields and Calenzano, arrive at the outskirts of Prato.
They leave even the players
Problems also in Coverciano, where the participants in the retreat AIC for players without a contract, being held for nearly two weeks in Coverciano, were forced to leave the center on the outskirts of Florence. Among the damage caused by the tornado that went through in the afternoon the Florentine territory even those at the hotel where the players stay unemployed. At 23 the vicesindaca Cristina Giachi convened the Crisis Unit to civil protection Olmatello.
1 August 2015 | 20:39
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