Paddock evacuated due to risk of flooding at F1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix
The news was reported by CanalPlus, the French TV broadcasters, 𓆉who were arriving at Imola on Tuesday.
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)
Les pluies torrentie🌠lles et un début d'ino꧋ndation 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 lev♒el of the river next to the circuit 𒆙from saturday to today.
— Laurent Dupin (@LaurentDupin_f1)
Ahora mismo se está evacuando el personal del circuito por peligro𒊎 de inundaciones
— Albert Fabrega (@AlbertFabrega)
The problem is what is coming next. Mod𝄹els agree on 50-100 mm during the next 24h in the region, but with peaks > 100 mm in the Apennines, where the Sant🦩erno 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 is൲ forecast for the remainder of Tuesday and Wednesday.
F1 had previously suggested 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 weather for several weeks. AlphaTauri's ♑HQ at Faenza has been affected too.
Two people died and hundreds wereꦦ evacuated from the region in Italy over the past few weeks.
There is potential for 🌌100mm of rainfall on Wednesday༺ alone.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decꦍade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
