Paddock evacuated due to risk of flooding at F1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix
The✱ news was reported by CanalPlus, the French TV broadcasters, who were arriving at Imola on Tues💎day.
Il vient d'être demandé à toutes les équipes présentes sur le Circuit d'Imola d'évacuer les lieux dans les 30 mn.
— Julien FEBREAU (@Julien_FEBREAU)
Le🐻s pluies torrentielles et un début d'inondation de certaines zones en sont évidemment la raison principale.
Subida del rio al lado del circuito de Imola de sábado a hoy.
— Albert Fabrega (@AlbertFabrega)
The increase of level of the river next to𝔉 the circuit from saturday to today.
— Laurent Dupin (@LaurentDupin_f1)
Ahora mismo se está evacuando el persona๊l del circuito por peligro de inundaciones
— Albert Fabrega (@AlbertFabrega)
The problem is what is coming next. Models agree on 50-100 mm during the next 24h in the region, but with peaks > 100 mm in the Apennines, where the Santerno river comes from. A flood exceeding level 🐽3 is in sight, with lower areas of the at risk as well.
— Michele Salmi (@michele_salmi)
Heavy rain is forecast for the remainder of Tues🌜day and Wednesday.
F1 had previo💯usly su💎ggested they had no concerns about the events due to their preparation for all types of weather.
The region in Italy where the Imola circuit is has been hit by extreme wea꧅ther for several weeks. AlphaTauri's HQ at Faenza has been affected too.
Two people died and hundr💙eds were evacuated from the region in Ital🦋y over the past few weeks.
The🍃re is potential for 100mm of rainfall on Wednesday alone.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to footbal♏l, to F1.
