In the evening they are planned new storms in the province of What. For this the local police renewed the invitation to do not leave the house unless strictly necessary and not to venture into places at risk, where landslides and floods have occurred. The invitation came at the end of a technical table that took place to coordinate the interventions for the damage already caused by bad weather. These are difficult days in Como, only today the firefighters have carried out further 60 interventions due to the passage of a disturbance that caused flooding e brakes, most of them along the Strada Statale 340 Regina, which runs alongside the lago of Como.
A Brienno, Municipality most affected by bad weather, a landslide caused a gas leak along the SS 340 in the direction of Argegno and blocked 50 people inside their homes. An elderly lady was rescued and taken to safety. TO Cernobbio, in via Nazario Sauro, the firefighters evacuated two condominiums threatened by the flooding of the Breggia torrent. Between Argegno e Colonno the means for earthmoving of the National Corps freed the SS 340 from a landslide that obstructed the circulation. Also hit by landslides The garlic, where in locality Torriggia a landslide damaged the parapet along the lake.
Already from the early hours of today the situation has appeared dramatic. The violent rains of last night have added to those of the past days and consequently all the streams that descend from the mountains above the lake have swollen excessively and are overflowing, invading the streets and causing extensive damage in all inhabited centers. Auto dragged downstream by the water that has invaded the streets, usually invisible waterfalls that have started to discharge water e mud, roads interrupted in several places for trees e mass fallen downstream.
At the moment the state Regina, on the western shore is interrupted in several sections: between Cernobbio and Moltrasio, in Laglio (where the fury of the water has uprooted part of the lakefront), in Brienno, Argegno and Colonno. Damage also in Intelvi Valley, where the road from Argegno to Schignano was interrupted. Finally landslides along the eastern shore, a Lezzeno, where some people were evacuated as a precaution.
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