Storms are raging in northern Italy.
After hail and floods, a landslide occurred on Lake Como.
The fire brigade had to rescue people from their homes.
Brienno - Germany was hit by the heavy rain with a significant force. And Italy is also plagued by extreme weather. There has been heavy rain and hail there for weeks. In the popular holiday region on Lake Como, masses of rain have now cut off numerous residents from the outside world. A landslide spilled an expressway on the west bank of the lake. He isolated around 50 people in the town of Brienno, the fire brigade announced on Tuesday (27.7).
The landslide had also caused a gas leak in Brienno.
The residents were not allowed to leave their homes.
The water initially collected and then came flood over the village, as one resident reported.
“It was like an avalanche.
The whole city was destroyed ”, quoted
ntv
.
She has not yet seen the mayor, says the resident of one of the devastated cities.
You are alone with the disaster.
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In Italy there have been numerous rescue operations around Lake Como due to the storm.
Here an elderly woman had to be rescued from her house.
© Vigili del Fuoco / dpa
Rescue operations and rescue operations by the fire brigade followed.
In the affected region, the emergency services had to rescue an elderly woman from her house who was stuck there.
Two other houses were evacuated.
Storm in Northern Italy: More heavy rains - 60 rescues on Lake Como
It wasn't just Brienno who was hit.
As reported by the Ansa news agency, other parts of the west bank of Lake Como were also affected by the heavy rains.
The Italian fire brigade had to carry out a total of more than 60 rescues on the lake, according to media reports
.
Especially the city of Cernobbio, which is also located on the lake, was hit by the storms and floods.
The rain had left masses of rubble everywhere in the city, pictures showed on site.
Initially, nothing was reported about injuries.
The civil protection authority spoke of strong storms, which moved mainly over Lombardy.
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In Brienno on Lake Como, 50 people were cut off from the outside world due to a landslide.
© Vigili del Fuoco / dpa
Storm in northern Italy: hail and storm for over two weeks - district administrator warns urgently
The north of Italy has already been hit by storms and rainfalls in the past two weeks.
A “super cell” was raging on Lake Garda, and some people had to flee.
In addition, a hailstorm shut down traffic between Milan and Parma.
Numerous cars were destroyed.
And in South Tyrol, too, there were occasional storms and floods.
Provincial councilor Arnold Schuler, who sits in the South Tyrolean state parliament, warned the population once again of thunderstorms on Tuesday (27.7), quoted
stol.it.
Precipitation is often very local, which is why particular caution is required during thunderstorms.
"We have seen from the examples in our neighboring countries Germany and Austria, how quickly can get the situation out of control," said Schuler clear in
stol.it
.
(chd with dpa)
List of rubric lists: © Vigili del Fuoco / dpa
