Tornadoes, Floods and Tens of Thousands of Lightning Strikes: Italy Hit by Devastating Storm
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Tornadoes, floods, hail and strong winds devastated several Italian regions, and firefighters carried out around a thousand interventions.
Lombardy will ask for emergency status, 350 evacuated. In Florence an injured tourist (ANSA)
Severe weather in Lombardy: the Region requests state of emergency recognition following the August 20th storms. The severe weather in Lombardy, a state of emergency, is the focus of the institutional initiative announced by Lombardy Region President Attilio Fontana, who has tasked Councilors Romano La Russa, responsible for Civil Protection and Security, and Gianluca Comazzi, Councilor for Land and Green Systems, with preparing all the necessar…
The Lombardy Region has begun the process to request a state of emergency following the severe weather on August 20 and 21. Rainfall reached up to 270 millimeters in the Orobie Alps and 260 millimeters in the upper part of Lake Como. Firefighters responded to over 450 calls. Evacuations, landslides, flooding, and road closures occurred in the Brescia, Bergamo, Valtellina, and Como areas. Severe weather in Lombardy, moving toward requesting a sta…
Severe storms, gale-force winds and strong lightning contrasted with the backdrop of high temperatures in northern Italy. The areas most affected were Liguria, Lombardy and the northern part of Tuscany. Liguria, according to the Civil Protection service, received 40,000 lightning strikes and 200 millimeters of rain in 24 hours. Numerous roads were flooded and fallen trees threatened lives as gusts of up to 106 km/h spread the destruction. In Pon…
And Lombardy calls for a state of emergency,
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