• Bad weather: rains and storms in the north-western regions

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August 22, 2019 Twenty-two millimeters of rain in a few hours. The violent storm that hit the area of ​​Barge, Bagnolo and Cardè this morning caused inconvenience and damage. Small canals and streams have swelled in just a few minutes. Dozens of small landslides and flooding of garages and basements were recorded. The provincial road between Saluzzo and Cavour closed, in the stretch between Staffarda and Crocera di Barge due to the flooding of the Ghiandone stream, which rose more than 4 meters in two hours. Downstream, Cardè ended up under water, due to the overflow of country canals. In some streets over 80 centimeters of water were measured. Flooding also in Torre San Giorgio, where the provincial road to Villanova Solaro was closed. The situation is improving, but dozens of fire brigades are underway to clean up garages and basements from the water.

Fire brigade to the rescue of blocked persons
'' There are 70 interventions carried out by the fire brigade due to the heavy rains that struck the province of Cuneo this morning: in Barge, due to the flooding of the Rio Grana stream, several people blocked in the house and in the car by the 'water''. The Fire Brigade communicates via Twitter.

#Maltempo, 70 interventions carried out by #vigilidelfuoco due to the heavy rains that struck the province of #Cuneo from this morning: in Barge, due to the flooding of the Rio Grana torrent, several people blocked in the house and by car from the # 22 August water pic.twitter.com/XOaF3dHvSq

- Fire Brigade (@emergenzavvf) August 22, 2019
Tuscany, yellow code
The operations room of the regional civil protection of Tuscany confirms the yellow code from 13 today, Thursday, until 21 tonight for showers and thunderstorms on the central southern areas of Tuscany. It then issues a new yellow code for Friday 23, from 9am to 9pm. After a temporary improvement in the night in fact, a new disturbance will affect all of Tuscany except for the Grosseto coast and the archipelago, from 9am on Friday until 9pm on the same day , bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms locally intense, particularly in the afternoon on inland areas. Possibility of strong gusts of wind and hail.