
A double tornado hits the Trapani area causing injuries and damage, while the bad weather also hits Campania, Puglia and Lombardy with flooding, hail and rescue interventions.
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A series of adverse weather events is hitting several Italian regions with heavy rain, tornadoes and hailstorms.
A double whirlwind hit the Trapani area, first affecting the port area of Marsala and then moving towards the mainland, causing damage to buildings, cars and crops. The two vortices developed over the sea, a short distance from the coast, under a storm formation. In a school - De Gasperi, in via Nazionale - some people were injured. In the neighboring town of Petrosino a car was hit and thrown into a ravine.
The bad weather of recent days continues to cause damage throughout Italy. In the Neapolitan area, traffic has changed due to flooding: the state road 7 Quater via Domitiana is temporarily closed, in both directions, from kilometer 46,800 to kilometer 43,100 at Giugliano in Campania. There are two mandatory exits: one in Varcaturo, towards Rome, and one in Giugliano, towards Naples. Various damage to buildings was also recorded, such as the collapse of a wall in a supermarket in Pozzuoli. The capital is also grappling with a series of rescue and safety interventions, which are mainly concentrated in the southern coastal area of Anzio and Nettuno. The Civil Protection has confirmed the orange weather alert in some areas of Campania and Lazio, where some schools remain closed.
In Puglia, the heavy rains last night and this morning caused extensive flooding throughout the city of Brindisi. The nightmare of strong storms does not give peace even to the province of Cremona: during the night, in the municipality of Castelleone, almost 100 millimeters of rain fell in a few hours, accompanied by hail and strong gusts of wind. Flooded streets and cellars, with up to thirty centimeters of water on the ground, signs torn down and trees fallen on parked cars: the firefighters were at work until dawn.

A double waterspout hit the port area of Marsala and Petrosino, in the Trapani area, causing damage to buildings, cars and crops. There were injuries and the intervention of firefighters and 118.

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