Bad weather is raging across Liguria and from 9am much of the region will be on orange alert.
Bad weather Liguria, 200 mm of rain fell in 18 hours
The orange alert will be triggered at 9am in Liguria (except the far west), already saturated due to the rain that fell yesterday. In Genoa, La Spezia and Savona schools and universities closed.
In the Genoa area, a retaining wall collapsed during the night in the San Fruttuoso district. There are no people involved. Landslides and mudslides are recorded in the Savona area. Yesterday three families were displaced from their homes as a precaution due to the collapse of a dry stone wall in the Via Aurelia area, in Finale Ligure (Savona). The Aurelia closed due to a landslide between Albissola Marina and Celle Ligure, also in the Savona area. According to civil protection data, 200 mm of rain fell in 18 hours.
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“Today we expect a significant passage, we await the forecast of 12-12.30 because I believe it will be a particularly rainy weekend – said the councilor for civil protection Giampedrone – It will require a lot of attention. As regards the elevation of the of alert for hydrogeological risk (from orange to red, ed.) depends on how much it will rain today, because depending on how much it rains today the hydrogeological response will be felt tomorrow. It depends on the frontal passage of the disturbance”.
