Bad weather in Emilia Romagna: Warning for rivers and closed bridges. Landslide in Modena area, a family evacuated

Tributaries continue to flow into the Po River. Water levels are already rising from the Piedmont region. For now, no dangerous situations or specific emergencies are expected during these hours, thanks to the respite from the rain and the low levels recorded earlier in the week. A large river should inundate only the inner parts of the floodplain without touching the main banks. Apparently, for safety reasons, access to the inner banks and flood circulation channels is still restricted. The level of the Enza stream continues to fall as it reached 11 meters with Sorpolo Bridge closed for over four hours. Last night Enza registered a new slight increase and then started to decline.

According to the Emilia Romagna weather site, “The first storms of the season are underway between Romagna and Ferraris. An increase in rainfall from south-east to north-west favors showers and thunderstorms between the coast. Ravenna – Alfonsine and then Ferrara towards Cesenatico / Lido of Dante. In fact, 16mm is currently present. The worst hit area with rain is Ravenna”.

Emilia Romagna Meteo updates the situation of the Secchia river at Ponte dell'Uccellino in the Soliera area of ​​Modena: “In the morning the orange exceeded the threshold of 8.81 meters at Ponte Alto, after reaching 9. Meters and 17 cm, the orange at Ponte Bachello The color threshold was exceeded at 86 cm, but the size seems to have peaked. The orange threshold was recently exceeded at Ponte Motta, and the level is increasing”.

A new increase in hydrometric levels is expected tomorrow, February 29, in the basins of the Central-West sector, fueling the already ongoing floods in Burma, Enza, Sechia, Panaro and Reno. shores. Landslides and runoff events are possible on slopes, which are more likely in the Mid-West mountain regions.

An orange warning for river flooding will also continue tomorrow in the provinces of Burma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna, Ferrara and Ravenna. Instead it is yellow in other areas. In fact, chaotic weather conditions are forecast for tomorrow, with widespread rainfall, more intense and localized rain in Mid-West relief.

Landslide due to bad weather in Mongio de Balagano via Montegros, firefighters on site. The road gave way near a house. A family had to leave their home. Firefighters rushed to the spot and started rescue operations

The Carabinieri of Bologna are also busy controlling the weather warning area: especially along Lame, near the river Reno, in the Limentra – Ponte di Versuno torrent and in the Brasimone basin, along the Fonte via the Gena torrent.

Due to the alert launched by the National Warning System to forecast inclement weather and consequent rain-induced landslides on railway infrastructure, it Closed Since last night Faentina line between Faenza and Marradi, After the May floods there was a long interruption. According to the procedure agreed with the transport companies and the regions of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, the journeys are planned – recalls Ferovi dello Stato – with alternative buses that can increase journey times also in relation to road transport.

“Let's hope everything passes without consequences.” With these words, the president of Emilia-Romagna, Stefano Bonacini, commented on SkyTg24 about the new orange weather warning for the risk of landslides. “We've already had a lot of consequences after the floods in May”.

The overnight rains have created a new increase in hydrometric levels in the hilly areas of the already flood-affected watersheds, which are lower than before, slowing down the exhaustion of the flood in the Burma and Ensa Valley areas. Peaks in the embankment areas of Cechia, Panaro and Reno.

“The rains – Emilia-Romagna Meteo – reports – Romagna's plains and mountains were barely wet, while they helped significantly increase the level of the Ritragoli dam. It went from 87% volume yesterday morning to more than 92%, and now it is less than two and a half meters until it overflows, It means 100% full”

We will see fresh rain from the south today. Compared to yesterday, the accumulations will be decisive: from 0 to 10 mm in the Romagna and Ferrara region, with a peak of 25/35 mm in the central part of Emilia.

An Orange Alert for Hydraulic Criticality issued by the Regional Agency for Regional Security and Civil Defense remains in effect throughout the day.

Municipal, provincial and IPO technicians, civil defense volunteers and traffic monitoring, local police operators are involved in monitoring the Modena hydraulic outlet, which includes the Panaro River area. Co-ordination of interventions is entrusted to Coc, the Municipal Operations Centre. For civil defense, a single integrated operations room at Marsaglia is active.

The Curtaton Bridge over the Tibido Stream and the Navicello Vecchio Bridge over Panaro via the branch of Provincial Road 255, under the province's responsibility, are also closed.