La Spezia province has been hit - all'antivigilia Christmas 2010 - a tough flood, a real and its natural disaster that struck violently on the territory at the height of weeks of rain, snow and more consecutive days of rain. I was for family reasons and working at the Arcola Bridge . A few minutes before you unleash the full path I walk - in driving rain - the route that leads from the bridge of Arcola to the square on June 2. Return under the water to deliver some documents urgently. The situation changes seen in the few hundred meters was worrying, as well as the feelings were not much. The incessant rain of the night hit the strip of asphalt that could no longer dispose of it. A few minutes later disaster happens. A real wave of water and mud came off the country, has fallen to the valley and has traveled all the way Valentini dragging if shrubs, debris and other materials. Immediately the neighborhood was flooded with a layer of liquid light brown in places (to lower levels) reached nearly a meter. The critical situation at the intersection of the road and the main road Aurelia Valentini, at the new roundabout, where the shops were invaded by the mud. Immediately there was a real race to the rescue. I've seen helping pensioners and non-holders of the years to sweep the mud outside the premises, I saw people sleeveless to prevent drivers to take the path Valentini now invaded. I heard the story of those who, by car, we saw him get a real wave of mud to get away from the window. I ran to retrieve his rubber boots in the trunk of the car (parked in the dry, thankfully ...) and I have devoted significant efforts to do something. Unfortunately - I am sorry to stress this - I have seen so many people in the shelter of houses and porches, watching and doing nothing ...... We expected at any moment the arrival of Civil Defense, Fire Department, but none of this because we were unaware that the mayhem was going on elsewhere. The feelings that you have to deal with such expressions of force of nature is one of utter helplessness, you can only limit the damage to or watch, it is difficult to defend. Past the critical moment I even managed to take some pictures and a video, which does not amount to much but gives an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat happened. On the web, especially on Facebook, if they can find others much better and taken from different angles and sites. I returned the next day and the next (Christmas) to further document what happened and take more photos.
areas of the Province of La Spezia were most affected by the event, as well as the City of Arcola, to Sarzana, Ameglia Vezzano Ligure Lerici. The City of Arcola also remember the damage - and especially - in Romito Magra. Many, many landslides and minor landslides.
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