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After the snow the wind, Italy still under bad weather

2020-12-29T19:07:54.257Z


In Cortina, half a meter blanket, the waterfront in Naples destroyed (ANSA)     After the snow emergency in the mountains and in the plains, it is now the turn of the coasts, battered by a strong wind and consequent storm surges, to count the damages, especially in Campania, Puglia and Lazio.     Many northern regions are still struggling with snow and ice. In Cortina d'Ampezzo the white mantle has exceeded half a meter in the heavy snow that has affected the whole of Ve


    After the snow emergency in the mountains and in the plains, it is now the turn of the coasts, battered by a strong wind and consequent storm surges, to count the damages, especially in Campania, Puglia and Lazio.


    Many northern regions are still struggling with snow and ice.

In Cortina d'Ampezzo the white mantle has exceeded half a meter in the heavy snow that has affected the whole of Veneto in the last 24 hours.

There are 35 centimeters of fresh snow in Belluno and in the Dolomites, around 2000 meters, up to 65 centimeters with slowdowns in the reopening of the passes.

In Venice, the Mose was put into operation protecting the city.


    In Milan, rainfall has resumed but this time it is snow mixed with rain, while the operations to secure the roads and public transport stops proceed.

Still inconveniences due to the lack of electricity due to yesterday's heavy snowfall in three municipalities in the province of Bergamo.


    In the province of Sondrio six athletes of the Russian national cross-country skiing team ended up in the frozen lake of Livigno during the night;

he was on board a van and they were reaching Valtellina for a period of training in the snow.

The vehicle overturned a couple of times along the 50-meter escarpment.

Rescued athletes suffered bruises and minor injuries.


    From north to south, firefighters have carried out 4000 rescue interventions in the last 24 hours, including that of a 34-year-old Romanian who, after being rescued in the woods in Fabriano, in the province of Ancora, got a fine of 400 euros.

The man transferred to the hospital for a principle of hypothermia, the carabinieri was unable to provide convincing explanations on the fact that he was outside the region and did not respect the curfew.

For this he was sanctioned with a fine of 400 euros and accompanied to the station.


    The libeccio wind from the night caused strong storms on the central-southern coasts.

On the Naples seafront the external installations of restaurants and pizzerias were damaged with the waves reaching inside the premises.

The waterfront "has been devastated" commented the mayor Luigi De Magistris, recalling that it is "one of the symbols of the rebirth of Naples in recent years".

The Neapolitan Confesercenti has asked for the declaration of a state of natural disaster.


    Heavy situation also on the Lazio coast: in Fiumicino the bathing establishments and restaurants have been 'swallowed' by the water, after inside it has also reached the metro;

the restaurateurs estimate the damages to the structures in "hundreds of thousands of euros" and ask for a state of calamity.

State of calamity that the mayor of Civitavecchia will also ask for the storms of recent days.

In Puglia stormy sea and strong gale winds, over 35 knots, sank over twenty boats in Porto Cesareo, in Salento during the night.

These are mostly fishing boats, but also pleasure boats and large sailing boats whose moorings have not withstood the force of bad weather.


    And also for tomorrow there will be an orange alert for Campania and a yellow alert for almost all of central-southern Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany and Friuli Venezia Giulia.

(HANDLE).


Source: ansa

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