Rain, thunderstorms and mistral gusts up to 80 km per hour . With temperatures dropping further.

The long weekend of the Immaculate Conception is freezing in Sardinia due to the arrival of an ancient disturbance which will bring "precipitation in the form of downpours and local thunderstorms on the western side and then move to the rest of the island" , explained by the weather office of the Italian Air Force base of Decimomannu. Very rough seas are also expected.

The maximum temperatures will suffer a further drop and on Friday evening "they will go from 12-16 degrees in Campidano to 8-12 degrees" . A further decline will occur on Saturday morning but no snow on Gennargentu for now.

The regional Civil Protection has issued a code yellow weather alert for the entire day of December 8 , from 6 am to midnight. Hydrogeological risk on Iglesiente, Campidano and Tirso, hydraulic and hydrogeological risk on Montevecchio, Pischinappiu and Logudoro.

In the presence of storms, the Regional Civil Protection itself advises you to: stay in your homes; if you are in a basement or ground floor room, go up to the upper floors; limit car transfers to emergency cases only ; stay informed on the evolution of the phenomena, on the measures to be adopted, on the procedures to be followed indicated by the territorial Civil Protection structures. Furthermore, it is forbidden to cross flooded streams either on foot or by any means, to stop near bridges and banks of streams or rivers and to cross underpasses.

And the Municipality of Cagliari launches the alert for Pirri, in view of probable flooding : avoid parking in the streets: Balilla (from Piazza Italia to Via Dandolo) and Traverse, Italia, Dolianova, Sinnai, Settimo, Mara, Donori, Santorre Di Santarosa, Confalonieri and Ampere. As an alternative, we recommend parking your cars in the parking area of the Terramaini municipal swimming pool, in via Pisano.

(Unioneonline/L)

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