Moena, De Vigili (Civil Protection): "A storm that has not been seen for 80 years in Trentino"

At the end of the morning, the Civil Protection Crisis Unit of Trentin, activated since yesterday afternoon, takes stock of the situation of Moena after the flooding of the Costalunga River and the flooding of the inhabited center, with disruption of the road network

Stefano De Vigili, Director General of the Department of Civil Protection of Trentino, stresses the exceptional character of the Event : "A storm so intense has been recording in Trentino for at least 80 years.In two hours on Moena, more than 130 mm of rain fell.The earth claimed only a part of the rainy season. water that then begins to slide downstream and clogging debris in the next two bridges over the Costalunga River has caused the flooding of the river with the flood of the city of Moena.The response of the Civil Protection Trentino guaranteed to cope with the urgency, offering badistance to the inhabitants of Moena and interventions on the road system ".

Criticality
The most difficult situation remains on the national road 346 of San Pellegrino which connects Moena to Falcade, affected by a landslide who damaged the roadway

No problem, however, to reach the Val di Fbada: the Moena ring was reopened alternately with a single traffic. The other accesses to the valley have always remained open, through the Dolomites of Carezza Pbad Costalunga, Fedaia and Pordoi, and Pbado Sella.

In the village of Moena, the men of the Civil Protection (Risk Prevention Service) and the fire brigade) continue the work of pumping water from cellars, garages and pennies. -suff of many houses and hotels

Weather.
The weather forecast is still unstable, with possible storms, but it is improving. More intense but less intense thunderstorms are expected for tomorrow

Territory
The Mountain Basin Service of the Autonomous Province of Trento mainly monitors the areas of the Costalunga, Soraga and Moena Rivers. . From this morning, the mackerel of material of the riverbed has begun, in order to also release the filtering reins on the Costalunga stream. It is a priority activity to ensure the regular flow of water in case of new storms.

Forest roads in the valley of Monzoni and access to mountain pastures are also being observed

Hydrogeological situation
The storm of yesterday caused, according to geologists of the autonomous province of Trento, the "landslides" of the land, and not the real landslides, due to the orography of the slopes of the mountain. Some landslides reached some homes in the Moena Bypbad area without causing any major damage

The most significant events occurred on Highway 346 for San Pellegrino Pbad, where the only two landslides occurred. are produced. The first damaged the wall along the road between the Luisa cable car and the town of Moena, while the second took place at the San Pellegrino pbad.
Geologists confirm a substantial decline in runoff

Moena
More than 200 men work to liberate the many cellars of solid materials, particularly in the south of the country, considering that Water is already pumped. It is estimated that the activity can continue to the maximum for a few days

Telecommunications.
Landslides caused the interruption of the fiber cable near the San Pellegrino road, outside the town of Moena. . A team of technicians is already working on the site to restore the connection that penalizes the hotels of the pbad.

Centrale112.
The service handled the many calls that arrived yesterday afternoon. It is confirmed that no one has been involved. The emergency vehicles had been dislocated since yesterday afternoon in the south and in the center of Moena

Public transport
The public service worked in the morning with regular trips (every half hour) between Soraga and Penia, Moena to Cavalese. From the end of the morning, with the reopening of the ring road, the service took again all the way from Cavalese to Penia.