Bad weather, at least two dead and 24 missing. Fear of the Po, swollen by 3 meters in 24 hours

Rome – Twenty-four missing and at least two dead: the toll of the wave of bad weather that hit Northern Italy, flooding and devastating entire provinces is already terrible. Several regions are on their knees. Several bridges have collapsed, including the one that connected Romagnano Sesia and Gattinara, crossing the river Sesia; and that, in the Upper Trebbia valley in Piacenza, on state road 45. The Po, detected by Coldiretti monitoring on the river levels at Ponte della Becca in Pavia, swelled by almost 3 meters in 24 hours.

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In Valle d’Aosta a volunteer firefighter died on the state road near Arnad, crushed by a fallen tree due to bad weather. He was busy with other colleagues to clear the road of debris when the plant uprooted by the storm overwhelmed him. And also in the Vercelli area the second confirmed death of this disaster was found: the body was in Borgosesia, in the hamlet of Bettole, on the Sesia riverbed where the man had been seen disappearing in his car. A friend with him in the car was saved instead.

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The 24 missing are all in the Limone Piemonte area and in the Roya valley, on the French side: according to the Prefecture of Cuneo, among the people who still cannot be contacted there is a group of six German hikers who have not returned to the hotel. .

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President Sergio Mattarella called the governor of Piedmont, Alberto Cirio, to testify proximity to the territory, and Cirio informed him of the situation that shows greater and more serious damage than those caused by the terrible flood of 1994.

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“I am in constant contact with the head of Civil Protection, Angelo Borrelli. We are ensuring continuous monitoring with particular regard to Valle D’Aosta, Piedmont and Liguria. The attention of the Government is maximum”, said Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte .

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But the situation is very serious: “We have entire isolated hamlets – explains Governor Cirio – with dozens of displaced families, bridges destroyed by the fury of the water due to the intense rain yesterday afternoon and last night. In particular, the most damage we are recording them along the Tanaro “. In Ormea, where the province of Cuneo borders with Liguria, the more than a thousand residents of the Tanaro valley have been isolated since last night: there is no electricity and water, half of the hamlets are isolated and rescuers cannot arrive for now.

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Landslides have been reported in Edolo and Malonno, with a section of the cycle path destroyed between Sellero and Cedegolo and with the Oglio which in some sections is overflowing. In Brescia, the tent of the Pavoniana football school was uncovered, in the Bergamo area four provincial roads were closed due to landslides in Brembilla, Olmo, Cassiglio and Mezzoldo-San Marco. To these is added the municipal road to Vilminore.

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Meanwhile, since this morning in Camerata Cornello the wind and rain have caused a problem with the power line. In Cusio, on the other hand, a landslide affected a house in Monte Avaro: a family was evacuated. Again due to landslides, the road to Olmo al Brembo, Cassiglio and between the Madonna delle Nevi and Passo San Marco was closed. Ornica, Valtorta, Piazzolo, Piazzatorre and Mezzoldo are isolated from this morning, while the municipal road between Averara and the Valmoresca hamlet has collapsed. The cemetery of Trappa, a hamlet of Garessio (Cuneo), was overwhelmed and many graves were swept away by the flooded river. The wave also carried away coffins, up to Garessio and Bagnasco ..

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In Trentino Alto Adige, the Passirio in Merano and the Sarca – already flooded in Dro, flooding the nearby countryside of the Pietramurata area – in the area of ​​Lake Garda are specially monitored. It is snowing at 2,757 meters of the Stelvio Pass, for the moment still accessible with winter equipment. In the province of Bolzano, roads closed due to fallen trees or for safety reasons are increasing: state road 241 of the Costalunga Pass between Nova Levante and Carezza, state road 620 of Passo Lavazè, provincial road 65 of Passo Nigra from San Cipriano, state road 44bis of Passo Rombo after the crossroads to the village of Stulles. The provincial roads of Val Martello and Val d’Ultimo closed.

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The weather has improved, but the devastating wave for all the precipitated water is spreading and is also affecting the regions of central Italy. And in Tuscany it is always alert for rains and thunderstorms, with a renewed yellow code from 8pm to 8am tomorrow for Lunigiana and Versilia.

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The Cuneo area has been under pressure for many hours. “The situation in the municipality of Limone Piemonte is a catastrophe”, confirms the mayor Massimo Riberi, with “internal municipal roads that no longer exist”.

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The damage to agriculture was also enormous: flooded fields, flower-growing enterprises in the province of Verbania underwater, the flooded rice fields before cutting, the hives destroyed along the Sesia and Po rivers with bees to be rescued, the farmers who failed to milk for the electric black out.

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