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Nubifragio, disastro in provincia di Messina PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alessandro Di Maio   
Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Una nuova alluvione colpisce la Sicilia nord-orientale. Da stamani intense piogge torrenziali si sono abbattute su tutta la provincia di Messina, facendo esondare i numerosi torrenti che caratterizzano la zona e causando allagamenti.

      Foto di Gabriele Giardina

Consistenti i disagi alla popolazione. In poco tempo l’intensità del fenomeno atmosferico ha trasformato le strade in pericolosi torrenti in grado di trascinare automobili, alberi, persone.

I disagi sono ingenti in tutta la provincia, soprattutto nei centri urbani di Milazzo e Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, dove è più alta la densità abitativa e maggiori sono gli impianti industriali. Al momento le condizioni atmosferiche rendono impossibile alcuna valutazione dei danni.

A Barcellona il nubifragio ha fatto esondare vari torrenti e causato il crollo di uno dei ponti al centro della città. Preoccupante la situazione del torrente Longano, protagonista negli ultimi anni di numerose esondazioni e per un tratto coperto da parte del centro cittadino.

Ieri il sindaco di Messina, Giuseppe Buzzanca, avvertito dai meteorologi, aveva ordinato la chiusura di tutti gli istituti scolastici della città, compresi i vari complessi universitari. Precauzioni del genere non sono state prese dai sindaci delle città e dei villaggi della provincia tirrenica, dove al momento il nubifragio si è manifestato nella forma più violenta e dove s’ipotizzano i maggiori danni.

Al momento non è stata accertata alcuna vittima, ma su internet cresce il numero di video e fotografie amatoriali dove, secondo alcuni, sarebbe possibile intravedere sagome di corpi umani trascinati dal fango.

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Articolo: Alessandro Di Maio

Foto: Gabriele Giardina

(22 Novembre 2010)

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