Heavy rainfall has caused the brooks in South Tyrol to swell. Other Italian regions are also affected. In the south of the country, on the other hand, the forests continue to burn.
Bolzano – Northern Italy has been hit by violent storms again – while forest and bush fires continue to blaze in southern Italy. In South Tyrol trees fell and streams became raging floods, as the fire brigade’s Twitter messages on Tuesday revealed.
On Monday evening, civil defense encouraged people in the Ahrntal and Pflersch communities to stay in their buildings and avoid creeks. Hail fell and strong winds blew over the area north of Sterzing on the border with Austria. The South Tyrolean weather service registered very heavy rainfall of around 86 liters per square meter within 24 hours.
The storms also spread over the regions of Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. According to their own statements, the fire brigades deployed around 570 times due to the weather. In the area around the town of Sonico, just under 100 kilometers north of Brescia, the Oglio river flooded streets and blocked cars. According to the information, no people were harmed in the storms in northern Italy.
In the meantime, the extinguishing work in the fight against the forest and bush fires continues in southern Italy. Especially in Sicily, with the exception of one province in the northeast, the highest forest fire warning level was applied on Tuesday. In the south, drought, heat and strong winds keep giving the flames a breeding ground. Fire-fighting planes are also used in many places on the large islands, in Calabria on the southern tip of the mainland or in Lazio, where Rome is located. According to information from Monday evening, the civil protection authority has counted more than 1000 requests for fire extinguishing support from the air since mid-June. dpa
