Bad weather in Liguria: Orange weather alert for thunderstorms, Ventimiglia train station blocked

Bad weather and more thunderstorms, while the weather alert goes from yellow to orange: this is the scenario predicted by Arpal, the regional hydrological weather centre, for the next few hours in Liguria. After a first wave of instability with intense rains and peaks that affected the Tigullio, in the eastern part of Genoa, with peaks that in the morning reached 103 mm of rain measured by the Chiavari rain gauges, the second part of the disturbance that is affecting the whole of Northern Italy has led forecasters to update the state of alert. After the yellow level, already in progress since this morning, from 3am next night until 3pm tomorrow we will go to orange alert, the maximum level expected for thunderstorms, valid on the sectors of the eastern center of Liguria and on the Po Valley slopes of the East, and then go to yellow until 5pm tomorrow. Yellow Alert has been extended to the far west and the western Po Valley slopes from 3pm today until 3pm tomorrow. Conditions of strong instability remain in Liguria. This morning a very intense storm affected the Tigullio, throughout the morning several storm cells developed within a line of instability that crossed our region. A loud bang, then the blackout of the command and safety systems. Lightning, after hitting a pole, caused a sudden discharge inside the Ventimiglia train station, sending the control room into a tailspin and causing the train traffic to lose control. The station is blocked: no trains depart or arrive. The command and safety systems have failed and technicians are working to try to restore the situation. An initial intervention only allowed a train with passengers on board to enter the station which was now at the gates of the railway yard. For the rest, traffic remains suspended and the time required for complete restoration is not currently known.