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January 03, 2021 Heavy snow and heavy rain are putting the country to the test.

Many damages and inconveniences.

The situation in Campania, Naples, Tuscany, in the Apennine area of ​​Garfagnana and in Veneto where such abundant rainfall has not been seen for years is particularly critical.

Even for the Epiphany the situation does not improve, but a significant increase in temperatures is expected.



Campania, yellow alert extended.

Sea storm destroys Bourbon arch

The Civil Protection of the Campania Region has extended the weather alert notice until 10 pm this evening, Sunday 3 January.

On all areas, except for 4 (Alta Irpinia and Sannio)


and of 7 (Tanagro) the Yellow criticality remains.

Scattered precipitations are still expected, including downpours or thunderstorms which, locally, could also be intense.

Possible gusts of wind in thunderstorms.



Meanwhile, the damage count begins.

The storm yesterday afternoon destroyed the ancient Bourbon stone arch in Naples, of the old Bourbon port portrayed in many paintings of the Neapolitan School.

The arch dates back to the eighteenth century and was born as a landing place for fishermen, the so-called 'luciani', the inhabitants of the nearby village of Santa Lucia, but later, during the nineteenth century, it was transformed into a sewer drain terminal being renamed by the Neapolitans. 'O Chiavicone'. 



Meanwhile, in the Neapolitan capital - again in the late afternoon yesterday - the tragedy touched.

A 28-year-old Neapolitan who was passing with his scooter near Piazza Cavour, on the side of Via Decio Carli, in the center of Naples, is miraculously alive when a tree fell, it seems, due to the strong winds that are hitting the city in these last hours.

The man was then transported to the Cardarelli hospital with leg injuries.

It is not in danger of life as confirmed by the command of the traffic police. 



Garfagnana still without light

The work to restore the electricity service continues unabated after the heavy snowfall that hit the Apennine area of ​​Tuscany, with particular reference to the Garfagnana and the


Pistoia mountains, causing the fall of tall trees on the lines electric and making traffic difficult.

"The situation on the Pistoia mountains with the latest targeted interventions between Abetone


Cutigliano and San Marcello Piteglio

is being resolved - reads a note from the company E-Distribuzione

. The operations continue in Garfagnana, where the total users without electricity will drop further (about a thousand users at 7 pm), through the use of other generators during the night, to reach complete re-supply by this morning ". 



Veneto.

Snowstorm in Asiago.

The situation in Roana is also critical

. Snow storm in Asiago: trees fallen on the roadways, in one case even on a car, roads (including provincial ones) closed and a lot of work from the night by firefighters and civil protection volunteers.

The situation is particularly critical in Roana, where the Municipal Operations Center has been established.

The exceptional snowfall recorded sixty centimeters per meter of white blanket with not a few inconveniences to traffic.

Some roads are still impassable and some districts isolated.

There is a need to shovel sidewalks and roofs of houses and structures, to avoid subsidence.

Municipal civil protection volunteers from the Province and regional teams have also been activated.