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Strong storms in the North, high water in Venice

2020-06-08T05:51:42.891Z


In Lombardy, heavy rains over Milan, Seveso monitored. Violent downpour over Turin. Weather alert, thunderstorms arriving at the center of the south (ANSA)


The perturbation of Atlantic origin that is affecting the regions of northern Italy will drop on the south-south on Monday, bringing rain and thunderstorms.
    On the basis of available forecasts, the Department of Civil Protection has issued a weather alert that predicts widespread rainfall from the early hours of Monday, locally also very intense and accompanied by hailstorms, lightning and strong gusts of wind, on Umbria, Lazio, Marche, Campania, Abruzzo and Molise, especially in the central-western sectors. Furthermore, on the basis of the phenomena underway, the Department assessed an orange alert on Lombardy and Friuli Venezia.

On most of Italy bad weather has curbed the desire for a holiday. Especially in the north. In Venice, water flooded Piazza San Marco around 90 centimeters of the tide. The Veronese was hit by a violent storm, with a thirty minute hailstorm that caused extensive damage to the crops. In Verona dozens of interventions by firefighters for cellars, garages and flooded underpasses. In Lombardy the intense rains on Milan and Brianza have led to a sharp rise in the levels of the Seveso. Discomforts and flooding in the Varese area with landslides and flooded waterways. Rainy Sunday in Piedmont too, with swollen torrents and gusts of wind. A violent downpour, with hail mixed with rain and strong gusts of wind, hit Turin. In Liguria, orange alert for hydrogeological risk in the central areas of the region. In the morning the intense storm front mainly affected the sea in front of the west coast, accompanied by a lightning storm.

Source: ansa

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