Bad weather, Bologna bent by rain, Idice, Zena and Ravone flood. The flood passed over two brothers in Pianoro, one died

2024-10-19 20:29:00

BOLOGNA – A a dramatic night in Bologna and its province. The morning toll was dead in Pianoro, where the mayor Luca Vecchiettini raised the alarm late in the evening: “We cannot reach a large part of the municipal territory. The municipal switchboard has failed. We are asking for the amount most helpful”. Two brothers were in a car overwhelmed by the flood wave in Via Caurinzano. One of the two men managed to save himself but was unable to help his twenty-year-old brother. As far as we know, the Fire Brigade helicopter identified the body at the Zocca box office. Recovery is underway

Ring road reopened

During the first hour of the night, the previously closed sections of the A1 Milan-Napoli, the Bologna ring road and the Casalecchio ring road were reopened. This was announced by Autostrade per l’Italia.

The night: the Ravone floods

It’s just after 8pm and the alarm has gone off. The mayor Matteo Lepore it reiterates what was already predicted by ordinance: the evacuation of the lower floors in the areas along the Reno and the Ravone. Then the communication: “The torrent of the Ravone has exceeded the alarm levels and is flowing out in some places”. Esonda, like a year ago. The nightmare returns. And floods Via del Chiù, looking like a torrent in flood, and the water reaches Via Saffi. But the whole city goes under water in a very short time.

Reports come from everywhere: mud in the houses at the entrance to Villa Ghigi, underwater channels, Porta Sant’Isaia which becomes a lake, things are not better in Via Toscana, San Mamolo is closed. Traffic in trouble on the ring road. The water comes out of the tram construction site in via Riva Reno and runs towards the San Felice gate in the middle of the street, the police are on the scene. In short, a disaster.

The lights go out, the screening at the Modernissimo is interrupted and the audience is told to leave. Blackouts are also reported in Zaragoza and the Birra area.

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Bad weather, evacuation in the areas near the Reno, in Budrio, Selva Malvezzi and Traversara. The Ravone overflows. Cesenatico under water

October 19, 2024

Roads closed in the city

Due to flooding and flooding, these are the main roads currently closed in Bologna:

– via Putti

– via San Mamolo

– via A. Costa

– via Zaragoza

– via Porretana

– via Don Minzoni

– via Lenin

– through Sabena

– via Casarini

– via Arcoveggio/Giardini

– via Togliatti

The mayor’s message

In the evening the mayor sent a message. “About 80 millimeters of rain fell in four hours, a much higher amount than last May, the situation is serious, but we are managing it. It will rain until midnight, we must resist. Do not go out on the road, do not use your car in any area of ​​Bologna. The most important areas are the hilly areas and those close to streams. Please, if you see flooding, do not drive along those roads. At this moment the safety of people is the priority. Do not clock fire brigade control units. We’ll take care of the shops and the cellars, we’ll take care of them after the people.”

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Disappointment: “We were afraid of the words, just stop”

“I ran out of words, the Ravone has doubled the flat value we had recorded in the worst case in May 2023, it went out into the hills, Sabotino, Andrea Costa, Zaragoza transformed into rivers, it poured itself into the Reno who failed to keep it… there is nothing to do, he just has to stop it”.

Photo by Gianluca Perticoni (Eikon)

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Murri District (Emilia-Romagna Weather)

Tozzi’s concert, the public will not be able to go out

In agreement with the Prefecture of Bologna, the Municipality of Casalecchio informs that “for the sake of public safety, it was decided to allow the Unipol Arena public to stay inside the sports hall for a few hours after the end of the Umberto Tozzi concert in that case. for the sake of not spilling traffic onto roads that are difficult to navigate”.

Castel Maggiore

The Idice overflows, Val di Zena was under water

In the provinces things are no better. Around 10pm the Idice overflowed in the Ca’ Ghironda area. Red portal also for Quaderna and Samoggia. The Val di Zena is flooded again and so is San Lazzaro, a critical situation for Kennedy. And flooded streets in Castel Maggiore. And floods in Rastignano and Pianoro Vecchio. The old rectory of the parish of Rastignano was under water and also the theater of the Church of Sant’Andrea di Sesto.

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Roads closed in the province

The incessant rain disrupted traffic on the roads of the Bolognese area.

Almost all connecting arteries are closed: the provincial road 7 Valle dell’Idice, the provincial road 21 Valle del Sillaro, the provincial road 36 Val di Zena, the Fondo Valle Savena, as well as the state road 64, the Porrettana that connects Pistoia and upper Tuscany with Emilia-Romagna and the provincial road 26 ‘Valle del Lavino’, the provincial road 88 towards the A1-Valsamoggia, at the roundabout with the state road 569 of Vignola towards the Modena area, and the provincial road 325 Closure ‘Val di Setta and Bisenzio’ between Vado and Rioveggio.

For the social controversy

Images and controversies spread on social media. But there are also people who try to reason: “I think the time has come to face reality. Everyone – writes Pasquale Pagano, activist – It is clear that the rain I am seeing in three hours in terms of intensity and frequency is the result of climate change. The piles are scary. We must put aside differences and conflicts and design cities anew. We must demand significant investments from politics in the maintenance and adaptation works of the territory and end all emissions as soon as possible. The alternative is an emergency with every disturbance.”