The Regional Civil Protection of Sicily had issued an orange alert for the weather risk until midnight tomorrow, Saturday 1 October.
And punctually the inconveniences and accidents arrived.
In Palermo and Agrigento.
On the Palermo-Sciacca, there are still rescues in progress, with ambulances and firefighters on site for a bus of the Gallo-Sais bus lines, which covers the Palermo-Sciacca route, which overturned along the state road 624, between Contessa Entellina and Sambuca of Sicily due to the adverse weather conditions.
From the first news
it seems that there are several injured.
Three ambulances arrived on the scene.
Some passengers managed to get out of the vehicle and took their seats on another bus, also coming from Palermo, from which first aid left.
The causes of the accident are still unclear.
The area of the accident, where a violent storm struck in the afternoon, was also affected by an intense whirlwind.
A
storm of water and wind
hit the center of Sicily, between the provinces of Palermo and Agrigento, and is causing damage and flooding in Corleone, Contessa Entellina, Santa Margherita Belice, Sambuca di Sicilia and Poggioreale.
Dozens of requests have arrived from the firefighters for earthmoving vehicles to clear the streets of the river of water and mud.
Dozens of fire brigade teams were called back into service.
The situation in that area, witnesses say, is dramatic.