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Firefighters Halt Train Near Washout as Fierce Storms Batter Northern Italy and Elba

Emergency crews say repeated cloudbursts are outpacing local flood and transport defenses.

Overview

  • Vigili del Fuoco report about 280 weather-related operations in 24 hours across Liguria, Toscana, Lombardia and Lazio.
  • In Bulciago (Lecco) firefighters stopped a commuter train just meters before a rail-bed collapse caused by flood erosion.
  • The Lecco–Molteno–Monza–Milano line remains suspended with route changes and cancellations, and replacement buses running between Costa Masnaga and Besana Brianza.
  • In Bergamo province intense downpours flooded multiple underpasses and roads, triggering dozens of interventions and transport delays.
  • On Elba a landslide near Portoferraio cut access in the Forno area, temporarily isolating roughly 200 residents as crews work to clear the route.