Bad weather gives no respite today, Tuesday 26 October, in Sicily and Calabria, for the two regions thered alert for weather conditions.
SICILY
In Sicily, after a field day with the discovery of the body of a man who was missing in Scordia, violent storms and gale force winds are expected, which will mainly affect the eastern areas of the island. Precipitation, warns the Civil Protection, could cause hydrogeological and hydraulic criticalities. Strong storm gusts are expected on the Ionian coasts of the region, with possible storm surges. The bad weather in the last 24 hours has also affected the activity of the Catania airport. In many municipalities, lessons are stopped and schools are closed. Problems for various road arteries, with interventions on the 385 ‘Di Palagonia’ state road near Lentini and the 194 ‘Ragusana’ state road. Hundreds of interventions by law enforcement and firefighters to help families who have remained isolated and motorists in need of breakdown.
The rain will be the protagonist with precipitations, predominantly of a downpour or thunderstorm, with more frequent phenomena in the central-eastern sectors. The forecasts also refer to hailstorms, with lightning and violent gusts of wind. In the rest of Sicily, orange alert, with a lower risk level.
CALABRIA
A complex picture also in Calabria, where “widespread and intense rainfall is expected, with a prevalent downpour or thunderstorm character, with particularly persistent phenomena on the ionic sectors”. These are phenomena that will be “accompanied by strong showers, local hailstorms, frequent electrical activity and strong gusts of wind”. Furthermore, the bulletin also foresees “gale winds, with strong gale gusts with a tendency to further temporary reinforcements on the ionic sectors”.
The warning includes the risk of “storm surges along the exposed coasts”. In this context, the Municipality of Catanzaro has extended to date the ordinance for the closure of all schools of all levels and sports facilities. Where the red alert is not in effect, they are triggered in the orange and yellow alert region.
The latter was also decreed for other regions: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Molise, most of Lazio.
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