Alessandria, August 3, 2020 – The count of damages caused by bad weather in Piedmont. The violent wave that hit the provinces of Alexandria e Until did the weather experts talk about downburst. The videos circulating on the Net about what happened in the last hours are impressive. As are the numbers of the disaster: the gusts reached 95.4 km / h in Alessandria, in the suburb of Lobbi, with a peak of 106, 86 km / h in Casale Monferrato. The wind was accompanied by rain e hailstorm. Inevitable damage and inconvenience: roofs uncovered, plants fallen on the street, flooding. A hundred in Alexandria. they are the trees cut down or unsafe. The Municipality asked the Region for the status of natural disaster. “Together we will restore our city – said the mayor, Gianfranco Cuttica di Revigliasco -. We have gone through it and we are going through it cooked and raw but together, as always, as has happened until today, we will be able to break out even from this situation, “he added. About fifty interventions by firefighters in the province.
Critical situation also in the Asti area: in Refrancore the collapse of a retaining wall inside a courtyard involved a gas pipe causing it to break. In Moncalvo a large tree has fallen on the roof of a house. And in Asti city a large plane tree fell on 5 parked vehicles.
In Piedmont, damage to the railways was reported, with an Intercity train that marched yesterday 7 hours late. In Lombardy, the road to Gavia pass for a landslide caused by heavy rain.
Liguria
Damage also in Liguria due to bad weather. A retaining wall on the cliff collapsed in the night a Chiavari (Genova). Three people were involved: two went out independently, the third – buried and injured but not seriously – was recovered by the fire brigade teams and entrusted to the health workers.
Downburst
The phenomenon consists of horizontal gusts of wind that rage with descending motion coming out of the front of a storm that is advancing. Gusts can exceed 100 kilometers per hour. The downburst can cause damage on a larger surface than that affected, for example, by a tornado. The gusts are associated with violent storms, with heavy rainfall and lightning.
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