A night of heavy rain and flooded roads in Milan and its hinterland. And on Thursday 2 May the city woke up to intense rainfall and dotted with flooding and puddles. Around 9am the rain gave a respite. The forecast indicates unstable weather in Lombardy throughout the day, although there will be some clearing in the central hours. Temperatures will remain stable between 13 and 14 degrees.
The Civil Protection of the Municipality of Milan shortly after 4 am informed citizens that the Seveso river had reached the alert threshold. For those who find themselves in a floodable area, the usual indications apply, such as protecting the rooms on street level, securing the car, being careful when crossing bridges and underpasses, and not stopping in the areas surrounding the riverbeds. and stay away from the banks.
«We are not on a weather alert, but last night in the northern area of Milan (Cinisello Balsamo and Milan Lambrate) 30mm of rain fell between 1.00 and 4.00 – the councilor for Security and Civil Protection, Marco, wrote at 6 on Facebook Granules -. The rains caused levels to rise. The Lambro in via Feltre rose suddenly from 0.80 meters at 2.00 to 1.95 at 4.30 and is now stable. The Seveso also rose suddenly, reaching via Valfurva in Niguarda at 1.70 at 4.15, but is now falling. The disturbances move from the south-east towards Milan, and now we are waiting for a new one that is coming up from Lodi.”
«For the Seveso – writes Granelli – the Milan tank is ready to come into operation and this happens when the level of Via Valfurva rises to 1.88 metres. For the Lambro we have warned the communities and we are waiting to understand if the levels will rise again and then we should proceed with the evacuation. The Civil Protection and MM water service teams have been activated.”
These are the updated data provided by councilor Granelli: «New rainfall between 6 and 8 in Milan and until 9 in Brianza, and in particular in Rho with 15mm/h between 7 and 8, Cantù, Seveso, Lambrugo. So Seveso and Lambro are seeing their levels increase near Milan due to the arrival of the flood wave. For the Seveso the overflow channel is discharging a large part of the flood wave and for now we are not yet at the activation levels of the Milan basin. The Lambro instead reached 2 meters in Feltre (Parco Lambro) and therefore we alerted the communities again for the possible evacuation. Civil protection and MM in full activity since tonight.”
In the morning, ATM reported problems for tram lines 1, 9 and 33, due to a flooded interchange: the vehicles travel a few minutes late, longer waiting times at the stops.
An improvement in the weather with more sunshine is expected in Milan on Friday 3 May, while in the rest of the region there will still be rain in the Alpine and pre-Alpine sectors. It will get worse again in the evening.