Bad weather.In Modena Secchia in flood, working to avoid the bales (of hay)

Up to 190 mm of rain fell.Red alert until midnight due to river runoff.Concerns for farms, livestock and beekeeping

BOLOGNA – The key word is to remove the hay bales from the overflowing Secchia.THE'red alert on bad weather in Emilia-Romagna, from 12 today until midnight, concerns the outflow of river floods which affect the Modena, Reggio Emilia, Parma and Piacenza plains.Outflow that encounters obstacles of all kinds:a particular case is that involving the Secchia river.But the storm of recent hours has caused damage and inconvenience throughout the territory, both to crops, roads, infrastructures and agricultural companies. Coldiretti Modena And Cna they make an initial assessment.

Bales of hay transported downstream by the river Bucket, probably from the Campogalliano area:risk slowing down the flow of water and, therefore, the Municipality of Modena is taking steps to remove them, in the area of High Bridge.Meanwhile, farmers are once again counting the damage.The storm, with violent rain and strong winds, caused damage and inconvenience throughout the territory to both crops and infrastructure.

“In the mountains – he informs Coldiretti Modena– to cause the main damage are mudslides and landslides blocking roads making it difficult, if not impossible, to access the companies and collect milk as in the case of via Barleda in Guillaume where are they four stables to be at risk of isolation”.TO Palagano, however, the runoff caused by the rains on the hilly terrain washed away the company's newly sown fields Mt, dragging earth and debris downstream which blocked drainage channels and caused further flooding.TO Serramazzoni, continues Coldiretti in its report on the spot, "the violence of the rain overturned the hives of theGianaroli beekeeping causing the loss of most of the bees”.But the bad weather is also making its effects felt on the plains:to Campogalliano the flooding of the Secchia is flooding the orchards and wheat fields right at the height of the harvest, effectively causing "the complete loss of production".

Also Cna she says she is worried, starting from the hay bales that came down the valley:“We ended up seeing round bales obstructing the passage of the Secchia flood to Ponte Alto.Here, these are the situations to avoid with careful monitoring of weather conditions.In some cases it may be possible to safeguard production activities and civilian homes with the timely placement of water countermeasures."According to Cna "it is necessary to monitor the areas at greatest water risk (an oven in Pavullo has reached its sixth flood...) and prepare immediate intervention plans".

If thered alert on bad weather in Emilia-Romagna, until midnight, concerns the outflow of river floods which affect the Modena, Reggio Emilia, Parma and Piacenza plains. Orange alert, however, due to hydrogeological criticality in the mountains and hills central Emilia (Parma, Reggio and Modena).In the region it ranges from 130 millimeters of cumulative rainfall in the river basin'Enza (with tips up to 160 millimetres) to 125 in that of Parma, from 120 in that of Crostolo to 113 in that of Bucket (with peaks up to 190 millimeters), up to 90 millimeters Taro And NurAnd:it is the areal average, i.e. the amount of rain that fell in the last 24 hours in the areas of the region where these watercourses flow.

THEThe regional agency for territorial security and civil protection is managing significant floods on the Secchia, Tresinara and Arda rivers, the latter affected by the overflow of the Mignano Dam.During the night, significant floods occurred with thresholds exceeding 3 on the Arda, Samoggia, Tiepido, Secchia and Enza.All the expansion tanks have come into operation, on Secchia, Panaro, Enza, Crostolo and Parma.The regional agency is intervening to support the territories for the effects on the ground of landslides, road slides and runoff, some of which are already being resolved.