Bad weather arrives, Spezia flooded and red alert in Tuscany

Bad weather arrives in Northern Italy and the first damage has already been recorded. In Spezia, after a couple of hours of heavy rain and before the orange alert issued for tomorrow, the Lagora stream, which separates the historic center from the naval base, overflowed. While Tuscany prepares for the worst, with a red code also in the north-west area. From late tomorrow morning the rainfall will extend to Friuli Venezia Giulia, Marche and Umbria, especially the northern sectors and then to Lazio, in particular to the southern internal areas and the western internal sectors of Abruzzo and Molise. As a precaution, schools have been closed in Spezia and in the province of Massa Carrara and also in Lucca. The first critical issues in La Spezia. In the provincial capital, streets like rivers from Viale Amendola to the Sant'Andrea hospital, the water penetrated into funds and courtyards in Corso Cavour, Via Gramsci, Via Veneto and the side streets, invading Via Chiodo and nearby public gardens. Traffic paralyzed in various areas of the city. On the outskirts there is concern about the level of the Dorgia and Fossamastra canals.

At 5pm the daily cumulative amount, reported by the Hydrological Weather Observatory of the Liguria Region (Omirl), reached 150 millimeters in La Spezia and 180 millimeters in Sarzana, where flooding was reported in some impassable underpasses. The coastal road between Lerici and San Terenzo was also flooded. Provincial road 17 of Val Graveglia is closed to traffic at the fords on the stream. Fallen trees and a landslide were reported in Campiglia. Disruptions also in Porto Venere, Fezzano and Lerici. The Civil Protection indicates a red alert for tomorrow in the north-west of Tuscany. Orange on sectors of Emilia-Romagna, Liguria and Tuscany. Yellow on part of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Tuscany, Marche, Abruzzo, Molise and on the entire territory of Umbria and Lazio. The phenomena will be accompanied by heavy showers, strong gusts of wind and frequent electrical activity. The regional agency for territorial security and civil protection of Emilia highlights that "the rains that have already fallen on the hills could cause landslides and runoff on the slopes, more widespread in the central sector" while in the watercourses of the central Emilian basins threshold 2 is expected to be exceeded, in those of the other Emilian basins threshold 1 is expected.