Overview

• An intense thunderstorm before dawn swept the coast from Ravenna to Rimini with hail and gusts near 100 km/h, turning roads into rivers and toppling trees and poles.
• Rimini’s civil-protection assessor Yuri Magrini called it a very severe event and reported 74 millimetres of rain fell on the city in a short span.
• A fallen tree on the Rimini–Ravenna line forced firefighters and RFI staff to evacuate a stalled train carrying 23 people.
• Train circulation is suspended on the Rimini–Igea Marina route, regional services face limits or cancellations, and high-speed traffic remains regular.
• Emilia-Romagna issued a weather alert as Cervia activated its operations center, closed pine groves and several streets, deployed firefighters and volunteers, and asked residents not to fly drones during aerial surveys.