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Thunderstorms in the North, in Milan are raised levels of Seveso and Lambro … – Il Sole 24 Ore

Thunderstorms in the North, in Milan are raised levels of Seveso and Lambro … – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published on 23 August 2014 at 11:04.

The alert Civil Defence had arrived yesterday: a perturbation of Atlantic origin is transiting in these hours on the central and northern regions of the peninsula, bringing scattered phenomena prevailing character thunderstorms, heavy rain and associated with local gusts. And the torrential rain has come as a clock this morning at sunrise on Lombardy, also flooding the streets of Milan: the heavy rain began to beat from five this morning.

Discomfort in Milan already flooded several streets
Although at present no special difficulties and emergencies, the Lambro river and the Seveso not yet risen above the level guard, several streets are already half flooded. For now, firefighters, municipal police and other law enforcement agencies have received requests for interveti due to bad weather.

controesodo: queuing in the rain on the Brenner motorway
Tourists traveling to Italy in the rain on the highway “A22 Brenner.” Thousands of holidaymakers from the early hours of this morning are crossing the border of the Brenner Pass. At the barrier d Vipiteno were formed eight kilometers of the queue. Among the cars, a majority German number plate, there are also several camper of Italian holidaymakers back from holidays spent in the locality ‘culture of Germany and Austria. Always towards the south with heavy traffic queues on a stretch of about 100 kilometers between Closed and Affi exit that serves the southern town on Lake Garda. Between Carpi and Modena there are six kilometers of the queue for heavy traffic.
On the highway 49 to the Val Pusteria slowdowns in towns between Brunico and the junction with the A22 motorway in the locality ‘Varna.

Alert in Veneto
Meanwhile, the Functional Centre of Civil Protection of the Veneto region has declared a state of attention for hydrogeological risk throughout the region. Local governments are putting in place procedures for alerting critical due to overt or specific hydrogeological and hydraulic suffering in the area of ​​expertise. In particular, municipalities are characterized by the presence of landslides are activating actions of territorial control as such instability phenomena are particularly sensitive to intense rainfall storm.

Notice of Civil Protection alert weather to the north
On the basis of available forecasts, the Department of Civil Protection, in consultation with the regions involved, to which it is the activation of civil protection systems in the territories concerned, issued, then , a notice of adverse weather conditions. “The weather phenomena impacting on different areas of the country – refers to a note – could lead to critical hydrological and hydraulic shows, in a summary national, in the bulletin of criticality available on the Department’s website, at www.protezionecivile.gov. it ‘. The notice provides weather, from early morning tomorrow, precipitation predominantly of downpour or storm out of Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia. From the morning we also provide precipitation prevailing character of downpour or storm of Umbria and northern Lazio. The phenomena will be accompanied by showers of high intensity, local hail, frequent electrical activity and strong gusts of wind.

Hydrogeological risk on Friuli Venezia Giulia and pre-alpine areas
On the basis of the phenomena expected ‘was evaluated for tomorrow criticality orange for hydrogeological risk in the Friuli Venezia Giulia and the pre-alpine areas central Lombard, as well as for flood risk on the western plains of Lombardy. The criticality is evaluated instead of yellow for the remaining areas of Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, and for almost all of central Italy. It is useful to remember that the feedback of hydro-geological risk (three levels: red, orange and yellow) may include a series of damage in the area, reported on the website of the Department. ”



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