Bad weather, thunderstorm alert is triggered all over Liguria

Genoa – after a long and categorically dry period, the weather scenario in Liguria changes and due to a turbulence, a humid southern flow, yellow weather alert (low) and orange (medium) for rain and thunderstorms.

The worst is expected in the east, from La Spezia to Portofino, where the warning will be yellow from midnight until 6 tomorrow and orange from 6 to 15. In Genoa, where the opening boat show, and in western Liguria, the alert will be yellow from midnight to 6 pm on Thursday 17.

Instability early this afternoon, As the night grows. “The phenomena can be locally organized and continuous especially in the eastern regions of the region – as the forecasters in Arbal explain – the winds will increase in strength from the southern quarters all over Liguria, with gusts of wind blowing over the hills. Even in the following days, conditions will remain unstable that They may prefer it Shower or scattered thunderstorms.

Get the provisions of the Municipal Operations Center

The Municipal Operations Center (Coc) met this afternoon, and based on the declaration of a yellow alert for thunderstorms from midnight until 6 pm tomorrow, Thursday, September 16 on the territory of the municipality of Genoa, branching from the Liguria region, the measures stipulated in the Municipal Emergency Plan for the management of Hydrogeological hazards. For the duration of the alert, the main waterways of the municipality area will be monitored by civil protection volunteers and local police.

The municipality of Genoa states that during the hydrological warning period, citizens are required to adopt self-protective behaviors throughout the city. All decrees and self-protection regulations are available on the website https://smart.comune.genova.it/

When the alert takes effect:

– Setting up barriers to protect buildings at street level, closing doors to basements and cellars and protecting movable property located in floodable rooms

– Securing their cars in areas that cannot be reached by floods

Restrict travel to the requirements of actual necessity

– Keeping abreast of the development of the situation and interest in the information provided by the authorities, through radio, television and all other sources of information

Official information and updates are posted through:

Street lighting panels arranged along the main road network and poles at AMT stops

– Location of the Civil Protection Job Center in the Liguria

– Genoa municipality website

It is also possible to obtain information and warnings through the Telegram channels at the addresses ServizioCivileComuneGenova_bot and GenovaAlert

The state of schools in Tigullio

With the announcement of the orange alert, educational activity, in a large part of the Tigullio schools, stopped already on the second day. The opening is guaranteed only by the mayors of Leivi, Carasco and Zoagli. In the case of Zoagli, the Teramo Piaggio School can operate because, in Rapallo, it is not the closing but the educational suspension being announced: therefore, the children will not go to school but the Rapallo – Zoagli comprehensive school secretariat will work.
However, schools were closed in Santa Margherita and Lavagna, while in Chiavari, according to the civil protection plan, only those close to the Rubinaro Stream stopped. Closing is in Sestri Levante and the rest of Val Petronio, although distance learning is already being implemented at Natta-Deambrosis High School.
Inside, schools in Cogorno, Mezzanego, Borzonasca, Rezzoaglio and Santo Stefano have closed, but also in Fontanabuona (in Moconesi, to be precise, there will be a suspension of teaching).
In Golfo Paradiso, schools open in Camogli, Recco and Avegno, while Uscio, a municipality in Area C of the Civil Protection classification, is closed, which will be in orange.