Bad weather: Livigno isolated due to blizzard, flooding in Val Camonica

The wave of bad weather that is sweeping Trentino has caused landslides and mudslides, particularly in the Chiese valley. The Lebrac river flooded at Sottovillo, in the municipality of Storo, invading the Caffaro state road. The road was closed to traffic at the roundabout in the direction of Storo due to a landslide that is currently being monitored by the volunteer fire brigade. The provincial road 6 in Val di Non, in the Rumo section, is also closed to traffic until tomorrow, Tuesday 2 April. Mud on state road 43 in Romeno with the fire brigade working to guarantee safe transit.

The A23 motorway is closed to traffic in both directions due to a landslide that fell this morning in the municipality of Amaro (Udine). The landslide was caused by heavy rainfall in the area in recent hours. The roadway was invaded by rocky debris and large boulders. As a result of the landslide, three vehicles were stranded, but nobody was affected. The fire brigade of the Udine command arrived on the scene, intervening together with the teams of the Gemona and Tarvisio detachments.

Traffic on the Cuneo - Ventimiglia via Limone line has been suspended since 13:37 due to a landslide caused by bad weather on French territory. The roadway is also affected. This has been communicated by Trenitalia. Regional trains are affected by cancellations and route limitations.

Bad weather also hits the Varese region: a whirlwind hit the Luino area shortly after 4 p.m. today. In Via Filippo Turati 100, inside the garden of a private property, a sinkhole opened up where, about ten days ago, the municipality had already intervened to consolidate the ground, which gave way again. The situation is made even more complicated by the fact that on the vertical of the sinkhole is the Enel power station. The entire area is at risk of a blackout. Operators, fire brigade and local police officers are on the scene, monitoring the situation to see whether to evacuate the house. Due to the cloudburst, a landslide broke loose in Cremenaga (Varese). The Porto Ceresio state road 344, at kilometre 16, is closed in both directions towards Luino and Lavena Ponte Tresa. There is mud and debris on the route and it is therefore advisable to take the cantonal road between Fornasette and Lavena Ponte Tresa to reach the Swiss border.

More landslides last night in the Genoese area due to the continuing rain falling on the now saturated ground. The most imposing on the Turchino Pass, which led to the closure of the road, in the locality of Fado, in the Genoa area. The Fire Brigade checked for the possible involvement of people, averting their presence, then proceeded to cut down the felled trees and, in agreement with Anas, decided to wait for the intervention of earth-moving equipment. The Carabinieri were also on the scene. Some trees also fell in the city. The torrents were also affected by the constant rainfall: the Trebbia exceeded the second guard level at Ponte di Rovegno at around 6.30 a.m., then fell back within the limits. The Vobbia at Isola del Cantone also reached the first warning threshold. Swellings were recorded for the Bisagno and Entella basins. In the far west Argentina and Roia reached the first warning level and several torrents rose in level.

The state road 350 connecting Folgaria, in Trentino, to the province of Vicenza is closed for safety reasons. The detachment of two boulders, near the landslides that were later repaired in November and February, and the weather alert have in fact led the Autonomous Province's Road Management Service to issue a traffic stop order. Tomorrow morning, the technicians will carry out an inspection to check the tightness of the wall that runs along the artery and carry out operations to remove any other unsafe rocks.

This morning, shortly after 6.30 a.m., the Biella Fire Brigade intervened on Provincial Road 200 in the municipality of Zumaglia for a landslide that was invading the entire carriageway. When they arrived on the scene, they immediately proceeded to close the road in two directions until it was made safe. The mayor and the Province's road operators were also on site to assess the situation and try to get the road back on track as quickly as possible. No people are reported to be involved at the moment.

The only worrying situation remains that of the Secchia river in the Modena area. For this reason, the orange alert, in force in the Modena and Reggio areas, has been extended by the civil protection authorities for tomorrow as well, but limited to the Modena area, the one affected by the flooding of the Secchia river. The flood could in fact make it possible to occupy floodplain areas. Attention remains high also in mountainous areas for possible landslides.

The wave of bad weather that is characterising the Easter holidays has brought further snowfall to the mountains of the Veneto region, particularly in the northern and southern Dolomites, in the Belluno area. According to the data provided by today's bulletin from the regional Arpav, this morning the largest amounts of fresh snow, with about 15 centimetres, were recorded at Cima Pradazzo and Pale di San Martino, while about ten centimetres fell at Ra Vales above Cortina (the highest amount of snow on the ground was recorded here, with over 280 centimetres), at Monte Piana di Misurina and at Passo Falzarego, where the total accumulation was over a metre. During the night, it also snowed in the Belluno Pre-Alps, with several centimetres of white blanket falling in Val Salatis. Water mixed with snow, but without accumulations on the ground, on the Asiago Plateau (Vicenza) and in the Veronese mountains.

The Saharan sand, thanks to the wave of bad weather and strong winds especially at altitude, has turned into red snow on the Marmolada . At Punta Penia, 3,343 metres above sea level, in fact, the snowpack has taken on the typical reddish colour of Saharan sand. According to the Meteotrentino experts, 'the phenomenon can occur mainly during the autumn months, but it can also occur in the spring. The sand has travelled more than 2,500 kilometres, even reaching the beaches of Riva del Garda'.

The weather in Lombardy is still unstable, but the wave of bad weather forecast for Easter over the region is in any case easing and the rainfall during the night was less intense than expected. Even the wind did not cause the damage it did on Saturday night and the sun returned to Milan this morning. The Seveso river remained below the warning level while the Lambro approached the 2 metre threshold, but still far from the 3 metre overflow threshold. No particular reports were received from the Fire Brigade, which was much busier on Saturday night when it had carried out dozens of interventions to remove trees and plants, as well as from the Local Police. The orange (moderate) alert for hydrogeological risk and the yellow (ordinary) alert for strong wind and thunderstorms issued yesterday by the Region's Functional Risk Monitoring Centre are therefore lifted. In Leggiuno (Varese), three families have been evacuated from their homes due to the swelling of a nearby watercourse, while in Sondrio, firefighting teams are in action on the SP11 road due to a landslide that has isolated Val Tartano.