Storm Ciarán caused several deaths in Italy. And more storms are coming. Because: A new storm is already approaching.
Rome – The clean-up work after Storm Ciarán in Italy continues. Mud and water masses have devastated numerous houses. The storm claimed six lives in Tuscany. The power supply in large parts of the region is still interrupted. The reason the region was hit so badly was because the weather warning system there failed. However, the storm situation is not over yet. Although Ciarán has now moved on, a new storm is already approaching.
New storm brings more storms and increased risk of earthquakes and floods
The weather forecast has experts worried. According to a dpa report, the soil is saturated due to the rains in the past few days. If there is renewed rainfall, there is an increased risk of further landslides and floods. The damage caused already amounts to 300 million euros, according to Eugenio Giani, the President of the Tuscany region. However, this is an initial, incomplete estimate.
Clean-up work is underway in areas where the water has already receded. The huge amounts of mud need to be shoveled off the streets and the damaged buildings cleaned up. According to dpa, sodden furniture and other destroyed objects were piled up on the roadsides in the municipalities of Prato, Montemurlo and Quarrata.
After storms, many places in Italy continue to struggle with flooding
The communities flooded by the Bisenzio River are still struggling to cope with the floods. “The water came from all sides, from here, from there, you couldn’t stop it. We lost everything,” a man from the community of Campi Bisenzio reported on Italian television about the floods caused by Ciarán.
And the next rains are already on the horizon. The portal says already for Saturday afternoon ilmeteo.it more showers. These will also continue on Sunday, although the situation should ease somewhat by then.
The reason for the persistently precarious weather situation are two low pressure areas. On the one hand, the Gordian depression, which formed over the Southern Alps, and on the other hand, the storm Domingos, which is heading towards Europe from its origins over the Atlantic. Loud wetter.de There could be rainfall of more than 100 liters per square meter in some areas. There are also expected to be hurricane gusts with speeds between 140 and 160 km/h.
Storms expected: Germany is also feeling the effects of the new turbulence
Like Italy, Germany is also getting loud wetter.de not be completely spared from the weather. Although we are not being hit as badly as Italy, we should not take the weather situation lightly.
Hurricane Ciarán also raged in this country and across Europe. As a result, Germany is also experiencing its second storm within a short period of time. However, there will not be an early onset of winter, as previously predicted. Things are different in neighboring Austria. Up to 60 cm of fresh snow fell there. (sp)
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