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December 20, 2019 In Liguria, the red alert for rains and thunderstorms was triggered at 8 am in the west and in the center of the region (zones A, B and D: Genoa and provinces of Imperia and Savona): the red alert will last until 9 pm , then orange alert until 24. The east (zones C and E: Spezzino, Tigullio, valleys Scrivia and Trebbia) will enter into a red alert at 12 o'clock. From midnight a few tens of millimeters of rain have already fallen on the west ( 35.8 mm at Montalto Ligure, 34.6 mm at Ceriana, wind at 88 km / h on the Turchino), while temperatures are abundantly above the seasonal averages. The expected rain will be accompanied in the afternoon by southerly winds up to strong gales, with possible gusts up to 100 km / h on the coast and even over 150 km / h on the most exposed ridges. The sea is expected to rise until very rough, with heavy seas swells especially on the West and the Center of the Region.

"From the Civil Protection room with the forecasters we are already monitoring the situation and our volunteers are ready to intervene in case of need", said the President of the Liguria Region, Giovanni Toti, on Facebook: "The A6 motorway between Savona and Altare it has been closed as a precaution until it has ceased to alert. As always, we recommend that you limit travel and pay close attention, no warning should ever be underestimated. " Even Arpal, the regional agency for the protection of the Ligurian environment, has invited "to pay the utmost attention to sudden rises in the torrents, to possible diffuse landslides, to the wind (on the reliefs over 150 km / h) and to the strong storm of libeccio ".

Yellow alert for Lazio and Campania
A new perturbation of Atlantic origin, approaching from France will cause from today a new phase of bad weather on the northern regions of the country in rapid extension to the central ones. It will be characterized by widespread precipitations, including thunderstorms, especially on Liguria and Piedmont, with strong winds throughout the central-north.

The Civil Protection has released for today, Friday, December 20, orange alert on most of Lombardy, on the south-eastern area of ​​Piedmont and on the central Emilian basins. The yellow alert will be on Friuli Venezia Giulia, the remaining areas of Emilia-Romagna, most of Piedmont and Lombardy, northern central Tuscany, part of Lazio and Campania, Umbria and Sardinia.