The wave of
bad weather continues in
Southern Italy, after
Sicily
- where the civil protection alert drops from orange to yellow - today landslides and floods in
Basilicata
, with schools closed in
Maratea
.
The damage is also counted in
Puglia
, 120 firefighters interventions in the Lecce area, in Gallipoli in a few hours more than 100 millimeters of water fell.
In
Sicily
, in the Trapani area, roads transformed into
streams
with
people forced to climb on the roofs of houses
, to escape the violence of the water, with the
Palermo-Mazara del Vallo motorway closed
and submerged by 30 centimeters of water and mud.
40 interventions carried out by the firefighters in the province: 30 people rescued, including
two babies and a 5-year-old girl
.
And damage
to agriculture is already estimated
for millions, the torrents have also flooded the province of
Agrigento
: western Sicily is dealing with a violent wave of bad weather, which should last another 24 hours and then give way to the anticyclone.
But it is in the province of Trapani,
hit by three storms in two weeks
, and in the neighboring municipalities that the situation became more critical yesterday.
Flooded houses and shops, impassable streets, submerged schools with students forced to stay in class in various centers in the province.
The hamlets of Marausa, Rilievo and Guarrato were hard hit.
The Trapani-Marsala provincial road was also flooded.
The Baiata torrent, also in the Trapani area, and the Verderame river
, which flooded some roads in Salinagrande, flooded.
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bad weather in Southern Italy
The vehicles of the Sicilian Civil Protection volunteers are at work, in Salina Grande dozens of people were rescued by the carabinieri and 20 non-EU minors, guests of the Cara, were evacuated.
The intervention was carried out by an Air Force helicopter: the minors were first transferred to Birgi and then taken to other reception facilities.
The Fire Brigade intervened in a house on Strada Marcanzotta, to rescue a family who was stuck inside.
The general director of civil protection, Salvo Cocina has requested the activation of all units equipped with inflatable boats and amphibious rescue vehicles to converge on Misiliscemi and firefighters from Palermo and Caltanissetta are arriving in Trapani, and an amphibious vehicle from Catania.
The Prefecture of Trapani has activated the Rescue Coordination Center, which has asked the firefighters to send amphibious vehicles.
A child who needed a dose of insulin was rescued by the men of the Army.