Orange alert on the Ligurian East: 9 evacuated in La Spezia. Cisa state road closed due to landslide

A deep Atlantic disturbance, fed by masses of fresh and unstable air at high altitude, enters the central Mediterranean basin through the Rhone gate, the valley between the Massif Central and the French Alpine arc. And extreme bad weather also threatens the Italian regions.

Orange alert on eastern Liguria: nine people evacuated in La Spezia

Meanwhile, interventions continue in the La Spezia area for the damage caused by yesterday afternoon's storms. In La Spezia the main landslides affected via del Forno and via Montalbano. In via Nino Bixio, also yesterday in La Spezia, nine people were evacuated due to flooding of the ground floors.

In Sarzana, some flooded underpasses have been freed and the municipal Civil Protection continues to monitor the levels of the waterways. The Regional Civil Protection Operations Room continues to monitor the evolution of the disturbance and the situation in the area, in constant contact with the Municipalities.

From 6am this morning, Thursday 12 November, the orange alert was triggered in the Ligurian East (zone C) and the yellow alert in the center of the region (zone B) and on the Po Valley slopes of the East (zone E).

According to Arpal data, at 5.30 am 41 mm of rain was recorded in Novegigola, in the Magra basin. In Casale di Pignone 33.6 mm fell in 30 minutes. In Castelnuovo Magra, 194 mm were recorded in 13 hours and 226 mm in 24 hours. During the night the wind reached 70 km/h in Casoni di Suvero (Rocchetta di Vara) and 61 km/h in La Spezia. The influx of mild air from North Africa, associated with the passage of the front, keeps temperatures high. This morning almost 20 °C were recorded in La Spezia, 18 °C in Camogli and 17 °C in Sanremo. The Regional Operations Room will remain open for the entire duration of the alert.