A water bomb with a violent hailstorm struck last night, at about 1.30, in the province of Lecce, between Montesano, Specchia and Miggiano. The hail, the size of tennis balls, broke the windshields, headlights and bodywork of parked cars. The dehors of the various rooms where hail pierced plastic tables and chairs were also damaged. Numerous greenhouses destroyed and surrounding roads and countryside flooded.
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Snow in Marmolada, at the summit up to 15 centimeters
You can see the snow on the Marmolada. The white flakes fell last night, with good intensity in the highest part of the massif, restoring the most usual appearance to the glacier. At 3,334 meters of the Punta Penia hut, the refuge managed by Carlo Budel, 10-15 centimeters of fresh snow and sub-zero temperatures were measured this morning. A panacea for this 'lookout' of climate change, which after the terrible collapse of the serac in 2022 has experienced another season this summer with exceptional temperatures at this altitude and thermometer always above zero degrees, even at night.
Two road accidents in Rome due to fallen trees, two injured
Two road accidents in Rome were caused overnight by falling trees. Two people were taken to hospital in code red but are not life threatening. This is learned from the Local Police of Rome who performed about 80 interventions during the night due to bad weather, especially in the coastal area of the capital.
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Stop the hydrofoils to Ischia and Procida
Due to the strong wind and rough seas, all fast maritime connections to the islands of Ischia and Procida are currently suspended. Since early morning the rough sea has prevented hydrofoils from making the scheduled runs from Molo Beverello and Pozzuoli to the ports of Ischia, Casamicciola, Forio and Marina Grande. Also due to adverse weather conditions, with strong winds from the West-South West, some ferry runs from the ports of Naples to Ischia and from that of Pozzuoli to the island of Procida were also skipped. For the rest of the day, also in view of the unfavorable weather forecast, further cancellations of fast vehicles and ferries to both islands are likely.
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Landslide in the Varese area, four families evacuated
A portion of rocks came off, due to bad weather, last night in Bisuschio (Varese). Some rocks are ruined towards the valley, overtaking the protective nets and stopping in some gardens of houses. The fire brigade of the Varese headquarters intervened on the spot. After an inspection, as a precaution, it was necessary to evacuate four families for a total of sixteen people. No injuries were reported.
Coldiretti, the Po rises by more than 2 meters in 24 hours
The level of the Po river has risen by more than 2 meters in the last 24 hours under the pressure of the new wave of bad weather that hit the Peninsula with intense rainfall, after a long period of heat and drought. This is what emerges from the monitoring of Coldiretti on the hydrometric level at Ponte della Becca on the effects of the last disturbance that caused flooding of rivers and streams, flooding, landslides and landslides.
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The state of the largest Italian river, underlines Coldiretti, is representative of the suffering of the waterways that have swelled due to the rains of cyclone Poppea with overflows and floods. To rise are also the levels of the lakes with the largest that has risen over 1.5 meter in a day, returning to the average values of the period after a long period of dryness; Como also rose sharply by more than 40 centimeters and Garda by 10 centimeters on levels above the average for the period.
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