Rain, snow and strong winds throughout Italy, from Campania to Veneto
.
The first weekend of
November
is marked by bad weather and low temperatures, in line with the seasonal averages, which will drop by 10 ° C compared to the maximum also in the Center-South, according to the forecasts of
iLMeteo.it.
Meanwhile, discomforts are reported in various regions
due to heavy rainfall.
In
Campania
hundreds of motorists were trapped for hours on
the Avellino-Salerno motorway junction,
due to a
water bomb
that hit the area.
The queue, towards Salerno, is at least
10 kilometers long
, starting from
Solofra (Avellino)
.
The lucky ones managed to exit at the
Lancusi
junction and leave the motorway.
In
Mercato San Severino (Salerno)
the
Solofrana and Calvagnola
streams came out of the banks, flooding the streets of the
Sant'Angelo
hamlet .
Many cars
stuck in the flooded underpasses,
with several interventions by the fire brigade.
The water level is also worrying in the municipalities of
the Irno Valley and Agro Nocerino Sarnese
.
In
Montella
, in the province of Avellino, due to heavy rains,
a river of mud and debris
has invaded the center of the town.
Rain and gusty winds also on the Campania islands.
The stormy night isolated
Capri,
blocking the departure of hydrofoils, jets and catamarans for
Naples, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast
.
Improvements are expected in the afternoon, but until 8:00 on Saturday 5 November a
yellow weather alert from the Regional Civil Protection is in force throughout Campania.
Bad weather does not spare the North as well.
In the
Bergamo area (Lombardy)
the snow returned at around
1,400-1,500 meters
last night.
This morning on
the Orobie Alps
the flakes have whitened the village of
Foppolo and the nearby ski slopes of the upper Brembana Valley
, and the village of
Vilminore, in the Scalve valley
.
In recent days the snow had fallen only at an altitude of 2,500 meters.
Snow falls also in
Valtellina and Valchiavenna
, with a drop in temperatures across the entire Province of Sondrio.
The San Marco Pass , the main crossing between
Bergamo and Sondrio ,
was closed this morning
.
Snow has also reappeared in
the Venetian Dolomites
, with a drop in temperatures down to
-6 degrees on the Marmolada
.
In Ra Valles, on the Tofane, above
Cortina d'Ampezzo
, they measure almost
40 centimeters
, about 10 centimeters on the slopes of Monte Faloria, on the other side of the valley, where the ski slopes could be open in a couple of weeks.
The 'shoulder' of the Atlantic flow to the North African anticyclone saw the passage of the first cold perturbation over the region, with abundant rainfall in the plains and a drop of 7-8 degrees compared to yesterday.
Venice has come to terms with the first bad weather of autumn
, with a small storm, and high water outside the lagoon.
However, the city remained dry, thanks to the lifting of the Mose gates.
Heavy rainfall in
Friuli Venezia Giulia
, on the eastern plain and the Julian Prealps.
According to the data released by the Civil Protection Fvg, the accumulations of rain during the night reached
60 millimeters
and the sirocco winds reached, in some places,
70 kilometers per hour
.
Several underpasses have been closed.
On the coast, however, weak storm surges were reported
.
In
Liguria
, after the
floods in Genoa
on Thursday afternoon, the heavy rains last night caused a landslide on the
Sp49 in the Municipality of Sassello, in the Savona area
.
In Tuscany, on the other hand, several storms have affected the
Lucchese and Versilia
, with flooding of some small streams.
The Civil Protection alert remains for Friday 4 November also for
Lazio and Molise
.