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November 06, 2019We are waiting for another wave of bad weather, "I hope the system will hold up as the last waves of bad weather have also held". Thus the Head of Civil Protection, Angelo Borrelli in relation to the heavy rains and winds that these days are hitting our country hard.

Still rains and strong intensity
We are experiencing a very unstable first part of November, with widespread and locally intense rains. On the basis of the main international forecasting models, this situation of persistent bad weather could last for a long time, increasing further from Friday 8 November. This is what the experts expect, as they warn that between Wednesday and Thursday a new perturbation fueled by ocean air and pushed by Libeccio and Scirocco currents will reach a large part of Italy.

Precipitation will affect the North above all Lombardy and the Northeast, in the Center the Tyrrhenian regions and Umbria (thunderstorms in Florence and Rome) and in the South almost all regions. Snowfall will whiten the Alps above 1500 meters. On Thursday the disrupted front will be in action on the southern regions with stormy local, while in the Center-North after a first part of the day more dry and sunny, it will return to rain in the evening. The experts then add that there will be no peace for Italy even in the following days, in fact other perturbations, among other things colder, will bring abundant or very abundant rainfall in the North, on the Tyrrhenian regions and in the South. In this context the snow in the Alps it will drop in altitude until it whitens many places around 1000 meters above sea level.

Alert on the whole Campania until 6 am tomorrow
Schools still closed in Naples and Benevento as a precaution. The Civil Protection of the Campania Region has issued a warning of weather warnings on the whole Campania that started from 12 today and will continue until 6 am tomorrow. On Naples and the other areas of zone 1 (Piana Campana, Isole, Area Vesuviana), 3 (Sorrentine-Amalfi Peninsula, Monti di Sarno, Monti Picentini), 5 (Tusciano and Alto Sele) set the Orange level by virtue of rainfall and temporal even of strong intensity that could give rise to a widespread hydrogeological instability.

On the areas of alert 2 (Alto Volturno and Matese), 4 (Alta Irpinia and Sannio), 6 (Piana sele and Alto Cilento), 7 (Tanagro), 8 (Basso Cilento) the level of alert is instead Yellow: here are expected however rains and storms but associated with a localized hydrogeological risk. On the whole territory there are also gusts of wind during thunderstorms. The meteorological phenomena will be attenuated from the night and the alert will end at 6 am tomorrow. The regional civil protection advises the competent authorities to pay attention, in particular, to the areas already affected by the recent rains, even in the absence of new precipitations: due to the saturation of the soils, superficial landslides could occur.

Traffic slowed down in Florence due to rain
Traffic slowed down even this morning, after yesterday's showers, in Florence due to rain, particularly along the ring roads and the entrance of cities to work and study sites. The largest queues were registered between 7 and 9 for motorists arriving in the city from Fi-Pi-Li and Autopalio with delays on the Ponte all'Indiano road, Porta Romana. The municipal police foresee traffic difficulties, similar to those of the morning, also in the afternoon, around 5 pm, for the return home. Bad weather also caused falling branches and plaster from the facades of the buildings, with numerous interventions by the fire brigade.

First flakes on the Pistoia Apennines
First 'dusting' of snow at Doganaccia, at 1600 meters above the Pistoia Apennines. This morning the resort woke up whitened by the first flakes of the season. At the Doganaccia, which in recent days took part in Skipass, the annual tourism and winter sports fair on the Tuscan stand, we prepare for the start of the season. Ready to go into action, as soon as natural rainfall and temperatures allow it, there are 40 cannons for artificial snow.