Heavy rains led to the closure of Milan city parks, while further south in Bendena, 11 families were evacuated after the roof of a housing complex collapsed
Rain, hail and tornadoes caused widespread damage and injuries south of northern Italy today, Thursday 18 August.
In Barga, near Lucca, hail caused a roof to collapse on a car with passengers, causing injuries. In Massa Carrara, a tornado injured a worker at a depot.
In Florence, a man was hit by a flying tree branch at a market, while in the nearby town of Botai a tree fell on a caravan.
Drought in Liguria pic.twitter.com/St4yTYuc7g
— Ale (@ReboAlexa) August 18, 2022
Damage was also reported at a flea market in Marina di Carrara, while a heavy storm caused flooding in the seaside resorts of Verzilla, lifting umbrellas and chairs from beaches.
In Liguria, waves hit the coast between Chiavari and Sestri Levante, damaging a power line.
Families were evacuated from their homes near Tigullio when a tornado hit the area and damaged homes.
Severe #thunderstorms with intense #lightning processes and #hail phenomena, developed from south-west towards eastern Liguria coastline between 430-515UTC #today in #Chiavari and #SestriLevante were recorded 2 cm and 4-5 cm hail diameter pic.twitter.com/aZzt9i73K1
— CIMA Research Foundation (@CIMAFoundation) August 18, 2022
In the area of ​​La Spezia, roof collapses were reported, while northeast of Ferrara a crane collapsed onto houses.
Heavy rains led to the closure of Milan city parks, while further south in Bendena, 11 families were evacuated after the roof of a housing complex collapsed.
In Liguria ha fatto il panico pic.twitter.com/5nA1Ve86Jk
— romanelli alessandro (@romanellialessa) August 18, 2022
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