The 46-year-old was traveling to Padua, where he works, when part of the tree trunk gave way and fell on the roof of his car. During the night there were inconveniences in the Crotone area along the SS107. Damage and landslides on the western side of the island of Elba, in Portoferraio rainfall of up to 143 millimetres. Once the orange alert has ended in Liguria, it remains yellow only in the Levante.
The bad weather that hit various areas of Italy in recent days has not yet completely passed. This morning in Jesolo, in the Venetian area, a 46-year-old soldier died after being hit by a tree while he was driving to work. During the night, thunderstorms, damage and inconvenience from North to South, from Liguria to Tuscany and Calabria. For today the Civil Protection had issued an orange alert for six regions, but in some territories it has already ended.
The death of the soldier in Jesolo
From initial information, the soldier who died in the Venetian area was traveling from Cavallino-Treporti towards Jesolo to reach Padua, where he serves, and start his work shift. While he was in the car, due to bad weather, a part of the tree trunk gave way and fell on the roof of his car. The driver's side where the 46-year-old, originally from the province of Cagliari and resident in Cavallino Treporti, was behind the wheel, was smashed and the car subsequently also collided with another tree further ahead. To establish the dynamics of the facts, and whether the death was actually caused by the impact against the tree, an investigation ordered by the Venice prosecutor's office is underway, while the removal and seizure of the entire tree have been ordered.
In Calabria Ss107 closed to traffic
Heavy rain this night also in the Crotone area, with firefighters busy rescuing several motorists in difficulty. Numerous cars broke down along the Ss107 "Silana Crotonese", in the stretch between the Altilia and Belvedere Spinello crossroads. Due to the presence of debris on the roadway, traffic was blocked at kilometer 111.600, in Santa Severina (Crotone). Furthermore, due to heavy rain, a structural failure was recorded on the Sp30 which connects the town of Belvedere Spinello to State Road 107: a vast chasm opened on the side of the roadway, causing its collapse. The Province of Crotone has ordered the total closure of the road to traffic. The municipality of Belvedere Spinello can be reached via provincial road 29 which, however, presents various problems due to the presence of potholes and debris. The situation in the downstream part in the industrial area of Polligrone and Barretta is critical. The area is flooded and invaded by mud. The water and debris have submerged agricultural greenhouses and the yards of company facilities, predicting extensive damage to local production activities.
Damage and landslides on the island of Elba
Meanwhile, this morning the calm returned to the island of Elba, but the rains that fell yesterday and late yesterday evening (over 120 mm) were very heavy, especially on the western side, causing some critical issues in particular in the localities of Pomonte, Patresi and Sant'Andrea, in the area of Marciana Marina (Livorno), where there was damage, landslides especially in the coastal areas, collapses of some walls and disruption to traffic. On provincial road 25, the Portoferraio carabinieri report, a landslide occurred which made it necessary to close the stretch between Patresi and Colle d'Orano to traffic, with the intervention of the fire brigade. Some critical issues also occurred along the Costarella road, between Marciana and Marciana Marina, where the risk of flooding of a ditch led to the temporary interruption of traffic. In Patresi, where there were two meters of water, a beach of sand, gravel and debris was formed brought down by the Bollero ditch which now allows you to walk from the tip of the pier to the tip of Pozzali, while the boat dock is completely underground. "In the 65 years that I have been here I have never seen something like this," Vincenzo Anselmi, who works in a hotel in the Patresi area, told Ansa.
In Portoferraio, rainfall totaled up to 143 millimetres
Fairly quiet night also in Portoferraio (Livorno) after the end of the orange weather alert issued by the regional room of the Civil Protection of Tuscany for the entire Archipelago from 6pm to midnight yesterday. "We were quite lucky compared to what happened in other Elban locations, but the size of the weather alert was still challenging for our men," said the mayor of Portoferraio, Tiziano Nocentini. During the alert, the Bagnaia pluviometric station recorded a cumulative 103 mm of rainfall in the Elban capital, with a peak of 40 mm, while the San Martino station detected a cumulative 143 mm with a peak of 54.5 mm. The only problem encountered was in Via Caccio, on the four-lane road, where during the heaviest moments of rain some manholes blew, forcing the local police to close some traffic which lasted for about an hour.
In Savona over 368 millimeters of rain
In the meantime, the orange alert on Liguria has ended, which remains yellow only on the Levante. During the night and this morning there were numerous calls to the fire brigade switchboard for flooding and fallen or unsafe trees and branches. It was the province of Savona that was most affected by the bad weather: over 368 millimeters of rain fell in 24 hours, while in Genoa the intense rainfall did not exceed 150 mm. In Savona a landslide affected the Aurelia Bis construction sites at the Miramare junction where the collapse of a portion of the bulkhead underneath the municipal road of via Famagosta occurred: a mini waste collection compactor from the Sea-s company remained balanced on the roadway and the driver managed to save himself by jumping out of the passenger compartment. According to Arpal, the waterways affected by the most significant rises this morning were those in the hinterland of western Genoa and those of the Beigua Riviera, and the shift of rains towards the East is starting to also cause the Levante basins and the Po basins to rise. Meanwhile, Anas has resumed interventions to deal with the critical situation on the Aurelia between Celle Ligure and Albissola (Savona), which has been closed since Tuesday afternoon due to a landslide.
