a violent wave of bad weatherwith extreme events like a whirlwind and “balls” of hail bigger than the tennis ones, of the diameter up to 7-8 centimeters, It hit the northern part of Lombardy, as well as Veneto, between Thursday night and Friday morning. friday morning In the area northeast of Milan happened a whirlwinda kind of “tornado”, filmed by residents between Cernusco sul Naviglio and Gessate. The firefighters carried out some 110 interventions to flooding, roofs and trees down following the violent “bomb» of bad weather. In the Saronnese strong storm with hail (golf ball-sized grains, which have damaged many cars), rain and wind; two underground passages invaded by water, roads blocked by fallen trees. problems also a Cinisello Balsam, where a car was struck by a tree: the driver was not injured. and announcement have fat a van ended up in a canal.
With the wave of bad weather and the rains that fell in Lombardy The Seveso river has exceeded the second alert threshold at stations within
Municipality of Milan, while the Lambro has passed the first threshold
at the via Feltre station without causing criticism. These are some of the information contained in the report prepared by the Civil Protection of Lombardy. In the last 12 hours 60 millimeters of rain have fallen
Brescia51 mm in Bergamo and Brianza, 49 mm in Varese and 27 mm in Milan.
During severe thunderstorms on Friday morning over the area north of Milan, A motorcyclist was injured after being struck by a fallen tree by the strong wind. However, the man’s life would not be in danger. It happened shortly before 11, in Paderno Dugnano, when the 63-year-old motorcyclist was traveling via Europe. Part of a tree fell onto the road, striking it and causing it to fall, at low speed.
In Mantua the last two nights have been a nightmare. Storm with wind, lots of rain and hail the size of peaches what caused damage to houses, cars, crops in the fields. The first “whipping” at night between Wednesday and Thursday between the capital and neighboring municipalities such as Porto Mantovano, Curtatone and part of the Borgo Virgilio area. Chunks of ice the size of tennis balls, together with the strong wind and rain, which sent smashed the windows of hundreds of cars and houses severely damaged, solar panels, crops in the fields.
On Thursday morning, body shops in and around Mantua were literally stormed. for necessary repairs, as well as technicians and electricians for damaged and cracked solar systems. But Thursday night a new storm front it still unloaded a lot of rain and wind and hail in different areas of the Upper Mantua area (Castel Goffredo, Medole, Goito), in the city and in some nearby municipalities such as Porto Mantovano and Marmirolo. In this case, however, to test the lower Mantuan area was the most affected: Serravalle a Po, Ostiglia, Revere and Villa Poma, Poggio Rusco, Sermide.
The storm hit the ground kernels (actually, “kernels” is a reductionist expression) as big as peacheseven 7-8 centimeters in diameter, accompanied by rwind billboards and very copious rain: a storm. Also in this case There was extensive and serious damage to cars, the field and homes.. «seems to stay under a pebble», wrote someone on Facebook: an apt comparison, if we take into account that Huge chunks of ice rained down from the sky crashing against the ground, on the roofs, on the cars for which it was not possible to find shelter indoors. Also in the Lower Mantua area many fallen trees due to the strong wind, especially in the area between Villa Poma and Poggio Rusco. Dozens of calls to the fire department. The damage count is underway and the cost is expected to be high, with agricultural and insurance associations involved in overwork after two stormy nights as hard to remember in the Mantua area.
A very strong wave of bad weather hit the province this Friday morning varese causing flooding and delays at the Autolaghi due to torrential rain. two storm fronts impacted at as many different moments around 8 and 10.30, forcing the firefighters to carry out dozens of urgent interventions to tree cuts and floodingbut also for the problems caused by lightning: in Daverio the roof of a house caught fire on via Gramsci and three vehicles had to intervene at the scene, including a ladder truck to put out the flames. TO flirt strong one hailstorm paralyzed the city and a big fallen tree in the Arnate neighborhood he ran over some cars.
