Heavy rains in Emilia-Romagna and hail in Puglia resulted in overflowing rivers and huge damage for agriculture.
In Puglia on Sunday, hail, wind and heavy rain caused serious damage to produce in the areas around Taranto and Bari, including vineyards, olive groves, and citrus fields.
#Maltempo #13maggio 9:30, esondato il fiume Savio in provincia di #ForlìCesena. Squadre fluviali #vigilidelfuoco al lavoro, recuperate due persone, un disabile con la badante, bloccate nella propria abitazione. Nelle immagini sorvolo dell’elicottero #Dragovf 121 pic.twitter.com/xq18WNxb1R
— Vigili del Fuoco (@vigilidelfuoco) May 13, 2019
The Italian Farmers’ Confederation (CIA) said damage looks to be in the hundreds of thousands of euros.
Further north in Emilia-Romagna, the Bologna-Rimini train line was closed between Cesena and Forlì as a precaution on Monday morning, after the Savio river broke its banks and water was nearly submerging train tracks on a bridge in the area.
In that region, red alerts are in effect for overflows of the Savio, Montone and Lamone rivers, and an orange alert is in effect for the Ronco.
