(Finance) – “The disturbance, which affected Northern Italy, it is moving and will soon reach the rest of the peninsula“. This was announced on Department of Civil Protection in agreementwhich anticipates the arrival of a gradual worsening also in the central regions, progressively extending, from the early hours of tomorrow, to the southern ones, with widespread rain and thunderstorms.
The regions involved and the inconveniences
Friuli Venezia Giulia: yellow weather warning with strong gusts of wind have been recorded in these hours, particularly in the Tarvisio area, due to the wave of bad weather that is hitting the region. Civil protection reported branches and trees falling and partial falls uncovering of building roofs. Volunteers are working to support firefighters and Anas personnel to contain damage to the roofs of some warehouses and offices of the Weissenfels plant in Fusine. The teams are also working to secure the fallen branches and trees along the road between Fusine and Cave del Predil. At the moment, no one is injured. The volunteers of the Tarvisio municipal civil protection team are also working to remove the plants that have fallen along the Alpe Adria cycle path that leads from Coccau to the border, again due to strong winds. Interventions also took place along the Strada dei Laghi and in a hotel in Fusine, whose roof was partially uncovered.
Tuscany: the weather warning has been extended until 6pm tomorrow, Saturday 21 October. They register strong storms, hydrogeological and hydraulic risk, strong winds and storm surges. Scattered, locally strong showers and thunderstorms likely. The disturbance will initially affect the north-western provinces, and will then extend to the rest of the region in the evening and tomorrow. Strong thunderstorms are possible. Strong winds are expected from the south until midnight today, with gusts of up to 70-90 km/h in the central-southern areas, while in the Apennines gusts of up to 90-100 km/h, with even greater intensities on the ridge areas. Tomorrow Libeccio winds with gusts of up to 60-70 km/h on the coast and on the Apennine ridges. Very rough sea, locally agitated north of Capraia.
Liguria: once the orange alert has ended across the entire region, the yellow alert is confirmed. The intense disturbance is leaving the region but we must not lower our guard. Tomorrow is a day of variability, where one remains low probability of strong thunderstorms.
Campania: 24 hours of yellow weather alert, issued by the Civil Protection of Campania, which it extends from 6am on Saturday 21 October to 6am on Sunday 21 October across the entire region. Sudden storms may occur with possible consequences on the ground such as flooding, rise in the hydrometric levels of watercourses, flow of water in road surfaces, runoff with transport of material, landslides and rock falls. Civil Protection reminds the Municipalities to activate the Coc (municipal operations centres) and all the measures aimed at preventing, combating and mitigating the foreseen phenomena, in line with the respective municipal civil protection plans. Possible hailstorms and strong gusts of wind, which will weaken tomorrow evening. It is recommended to pay attention to the warnings issued by the regional Civil Protection.
The disturbance is descending towards the South and will also affect Basilicata, Puglia and Calabria, with heavy showers, local hailstorms, frequent electrical activity and strong gusts of wind. On the basis of the ongoing and expected phenomena, it was evaluated for tomorrow, Saturday 21 October, orange alert on sectors of Lombardy and yellow alert on Sicily, Calabria, Basilicata, Puglia, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Lazio, Umbria, Tuscany, Autonomous Province of Trento and sectors of Piedmont and Lombardy.