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Bad weather: railway traffic suspended between Potenza and Eboli

2022-09-26T08:35:04.909Z


In the next seven days, Italy will be hit by at least three disturbances, the first of which is in progress in these hours (ANSA)


Due to the situation and the red alert issued by the Civil Protection in Basilicata, rail traffic is now suspended between Potenza and Eboli, on the Battipaglia-Potenza-Metaponto-Taranto line.

This was announced by the press office of the State Railways.

"The replacement bus service has been activated, between Battipaglia / Eboli and Potenza - it is underlined in the press release - Bus also for the regional connections between Potenza and Bella Muro and between Naples and Potenza, originating from Taranto. Turin and Rome the bus service between Potenza and Naples has been activated ".

In the next seven days, Italy will be hit by at least three disturbances, the first of which is in progress in these hours.

Temperatures are falling, so much so that snow is expected in the Alps for tomorrow, while intense thunderstorms, storms and floods will hit the whole boot.

This is what Antonio Sanò, director and founder of the site www.iLMeteo.it announces.

"Currently - he says - a cyclonic vortex of Arctic origin from the North Sea is descending towards central Europe until it touches the Mediterranean. Its approach to our sea is activating intense southern currents, both Ponente and Libeccio. These winds will blow. gradually stronger carrying intense cloudy bodies full of rain that will mainly hit Tuscany, Lazio, Umbria, Campania and today throughout the South. In the following days, two other disturbances, one colder than the other, will change on our country ".

For Sanò "flash floods are not to be underestimated, especially in the South".

Finally, from a thermal point of view, temperatures will undergo a physiological decrease during the day in the wettest regions.

"From Tuesday on the other hand - he concludes - the second disturbance will be fed by even colder air which, in addition to making the snow return to the Alps even below 1500m, will cause a lowering of temperatures especially in the North and at night".

In detail: - Monday 26. In the north: worsening in the afternoon from the Northeast towards Lombardy.

Middle: very unstable over Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio.

In the south: widespread bad weather, very strong between Campania and Calabria.

- Tuesday 27. In the north: last rains on the Triveneto, sun elsewhere.

Center: showers scattered over the Tyrrhenian.

In the south: thunderstorms over Tyrrhenian Calabria, sun elsewhere.

- Wednesday 28. In the north:

scattered clouds, snow on the Alpine borders.

Center: worsens from afternoon / evening on Tirreniche and Sassari.

In the south: some showers in Calabria.

Trend.

New disturbance between Thursday and Friday, gradual improvement over the weekend.

Difficult situation in Trapani

after the heavy rains that fell last night.

Many streets and squares are flooded and several houses on the ground floor, shops and offices have been invaded by water.

The areas of via Virgilio, piazza Martiri D'Ungheria and the industrial area where many cars were left in a breakdown semi-submerged by water were most affected.

The mayor Giacomo Tranchida has ordered the closure of offices and public places.

Also in Erice flooded streets and collapsed walls near the Pascoli school.

The mayor Daniela Toscano has closed the schools and invited citizens not to leave the house until the end of the emergency.

The yellow alert and the rains that fell over the weekend, in the Senigalliese area

, which raised the levels of the Nevola and Misa rivers but without causing criticality, did not stop the search for rescuers to find Brunella Chiù, 56, from Barbara (Ancona), the only person still missing after the flood of 15 September which caused massive damage, damage and displaced people.

Under the coordination of the local command unit of the Fire Brigade in Barbara, the 11 / o day of activities on land and on the river began: in action, in addition to the Vvf also equipped with drones, civil protection, mountain rescue, divers (Vvf, Gdf and Cc) with the support of the "Volpe 410" helicopter of the Guardia di Finanza flying over between 9:30 and 11:30.

The aircraft today gave the 'change' to "Drago 54"

of the Fire Brigade who yesterday had been engaged in low-altitude flights with the hatch open and personnel specialized in these search methods over the areas hit by the rescuers.

So far the research of Brunella, swallowed by the Nevola in the area of ​​Barbara's 'Molino' bridge, has not been successful.

Even today, speaking to the rescuers, the mayor of Barbara Riccardo Pasqualini reiterated how the 56-year-old's family - her son Simone had saved himself by clinging to a plant while his daughter Noemi, 17, had died - hopes that the woman will be found at the most. soon.

In Barbara the funeral will take place tomorrow - at 3 pm in the church of Santa Maria Assunta - of the little Mattia Luconi, 8 years old, missing since the evening of 15 September and whose body was found eight days later in a field in Trecastelli, in the middle of the mud,

by a woman on her way to work in a kindergarten.

This morning the mortuary at the hospital in Senigallia opened at 9 for visits.

Meanwhile, Brunella's research continues, particularly in the area between Trecastelli and Senigallia, with ground teams, and divers in the rivers: the assignments of the zones, after the processing of photos and indications of the GPS maps delivered based on the activities of the day before, however, they were 'conditioned' by the rains of the weekend which made some areas impracticable for researchers on foot.


Source: ansa

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