Landslides during the night and evacuations in the province of Genoa

Following the floods, tree falls, and landslides that hit Italian territory yesterday, during which 11 migrants were rescued from the bed of the Roja river in Ventimiglia, news regarding the effects of the bad weather on the peninsula continues today. Liguria A building threatened by a major landslide was evacuated during the night in the municipality of Carasco, in the province of Genoa. Ten people had to abandon their homes, assisted by the fire department and civil protection: some found shelter with relatives, while others were accommodated in the municipal library hall, which was set up with mattresses and blankets. The landslide affects the San Quirico di Rivarolo area. The Metropolitan City has ordered the closure of provincial road 33 toward San Salvatore di Colorno. Firefighters also intervened on Via Casanova, in Manesseno, in the municipality of Sant'Olcese (Genoa), to remove a landslide that was isolating about twenty people. There are no people under the landslide that hit the Valdellora neighborhood in La Spezia last Thursday evening, overwhelming a parking lot. Searches conducted by specialized fire department technicians, who used a search dog before giving the all-clear to the bulldozers, were negative. Throughout the night, excavation took place along Via Volta to clear tons of earth that, weighted down by hours of continuous rain, knocked down a section of wall about twenty meters long, crushing some parked cars. Two buildings were displaced from above the embankment. Nine families, totaling over twenty people, found accommodation last night with friends and relatives. In Val di Magra, however, the river overflow passed, forcing the Municipality of Arcola to evacuate some homes in the localities of Romito Magra, Ressora, and Battifollo. In lower Val di Vara, local landslides were reported during the night in Riccò del Golfo, requiring the intervention of Civil Protection volunteers for resolution. Provincial road 17 of Val Graveglia was closed to traffic due to the flooding of the stream bypasses, and SP23 in Castelnuovo Magra and SP25 in Sesta Godano were closed due to landslides. In the Cinque Terre, SP38 in Monterosso was closed due to a landslide near the aqueduct. The overflow of the Durasca stream severed a section of the gas pipeline along SP51, requiring technical intervention. SP530 "Napoleonica," which connects La Spezia to Porto Venere, was also closed due to a landslide, with traffic diverted inside the Naval Base under concession from the Navy. Tuscany A relatively calm night for bad weather in Tuscany, where the flood waves of the Ombrone Pistoiese, Bisenzio, and Serchio rivers passed without particular critical issues. The levels of the Arno, according to the Toscana Alert social channel of the Tuscany Region, are currently within the reference levels. Considering the intense rains of the past few hours and the flood waves of the tributary rivers, increases will be possible. During the night, the flood wave of the Ombrone Pistoiese passed with the activation of the expansion chamber system at Ponte alle Vanne, reaching a level of 3.53 meters at Pontelungo, a new historical maximum. The flood of the Serchio passed with a flow rate of 1238 cubic meters per second at Borgo a Mozzano (Lucca). Reproduction reserved © Copyright ANSA