The wave of bad weather has left its mark, but the days of bad weather are numbered: from today the heat should return, towards the All Saints weekend. But over the weekend Sardinia and Liguria were the regions that paid the highest price: two people missing, the last one on Saturday night in Monte Arcosuthe WWF oasis which extends across three municipalities in southern Sardinia. But the situation is also critical in Piedmont, where the rain of the last few days has forced the municipality of Turin to close the Murazzi del Po since yesterday. Things are better in Emilia Romagna instead: the orange alert remains but only on the Piacenza-Parma plain and coast of Ferrara, due to the flooding of the Po.
The concern remains for the large Cà di Sotto landslide, reactivated by bad weather in San Benedetto Val di Sambro, in the Bologna area: “Complex situations in the making and unfortunately not predictable”, warns mayor Alessandro Santoni.
Cloudbursts and orange alert in Sardinia
Night of storms in southern Sardinia, epicenter Sulcis Iglesiente and Medio Campidano, and in the Oristano area. And for tomorrow a new orange alert has been triggered in the same areas already affected by torrential rains. About 250 millimeters of rain fell in six hours. Traffic suspended of trains from Cagliari to Carbonia/Iglesias. Hundreds of calls to the fire brigade for flooded roads, basements and lower floors of homes invaded by water, rescue of people left isolated, shepherds who sought refuge on the roofs in sheepfolds and motorists in difficulty in cars dragged by the flood and broken down .
Cairo Montenotte, three cars emerge from the Bormida river and are dragged away”/>
Cairo Montenotte, three cars emerge from the Bormida river and are dragged away (Local Team)
The group, and the missing boy
Unfortunately, one person is missing from Monte Arcosu: he is one of the boys from a group of eight people surprised by bad weather while they were going to dinner with a friend. The group was divided into several cars. When it came to crossing a ford, one of the vehicles was dragged off the road by the current. The other friends, however, managed to reach a shelter and ask for help. Everyone was reached and saved by fire brigade helicopters. It seemed like a classic adventure with a happy ending, but no: one of the boys is missing. The helicopters of the fire brigade and financial police, ground teams and mountain and speleological rescue experts have so far searched for him without success.
Bad weather in Piedmont (Ansa)
Bad weather, flooded roads and vehicles in difficulty in Varazze (local team)
One person is also missing in Arenzano, Liguria
The search for the restaurateur who was dragged away by the current of the Rio Lissolo on the afternoon of two days ago on the heights of Arenzano, in the Genoa area, was also unsuccessful. The man was on the road near his car when he was overwhelmed by the flood wave of a small stream swollen by the incessant rains of the last few days. An orange warning for thunderstorms was in place in Liguria, but Arpal has declared it closed in these hours.
Bad weather in Liguria 27 October 2024 (Local Team)
But the passing of the last disturbance left signs of devastation in the Savona area: the A6 Turin-Savona motorway was interrupted by a landslide, the Cairo Montenotte hospital was flooded due to the flooding of the Bormida, where in the meantime at least 40 people had been taken in a state of shock and rescued by the fire brigade fire. The Ligurian Region has sent the mobile column of the Civil Protection to Val Bormida.
Bormida river in flood: floodplain area in Acqui Terme. October 27, 2024 (Local Team)
Floods in Val Bormida, Liguria (local team)
Piedmont: a victim on the roads
The overflowing of the Bormida also caused problems in the Alessandria area, where eight families remained isolated in Ponti, in the Carmenna area. To deal with the bad weather emergency, in Piedmont there are 96 operational centers opened in various municipalities, in addition to twelve mixed ones in the provinces of Alessandria and Asti. The alert in much of the region drops from orange to yellow. But still bad weather in the evening. And unfortunately also a victim on the roads: fatal for a motorcyclist in Pinerolo, losing control of his vehicle and going off the road due to the rain.
The weather forecast for the next few days: the heat is here again
The detail according to ilmeteo.it
MONDAY 28 OCTOBER:
-North: The day will pass with possible fog on the plains and ample sunshine in the mountains, more clouds to the west. Mild climate everywhere.
-Centre: The day will be characterized by general good weather conditions. We will have at times cloudy skies over the Adriatic and Tuscany.
-South: The day will pass with general good weather conditions, in fact there will be little or irregularly cloudy skies in all regions
Sunny days (Ansa)
Tomorrow, TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER:
-North: pressure that gradually increases again in a more decisive manner. Day with clear or slightly cloudy skies in all regions. Fogs are expected over flat areas, locally persistent for most of the day. Colder weather where foggy.
-Centre: The day will pass with general good weather conditions, the sky will in fact be clear or at most slightly cloudy.
-South: On this day the sun will prevail in all regions and the sky will be clear or at most slightly cloudy. Mild climate.
WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER:
-North: The day will pass with local fog on the flat areas, but the sky will be clear or at most slightly cloudy.
-Centre: The day will be characterized by plenty of sunshine, in fact the sky will be clear over most of the regions. Mild weather during the day.
-South: Apart from greater cloud cover over Sicily, in the rest of the regions we will have ample sunshine with clear skies.
