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The expanse of sand and stones where the Ticino river flowed: video of the bleak panorama

The drought is hitting hard even in Lombardy, near Pavia, where the waterway is very important for the region, looks like a beach in summer: bulldozers arrive to create an alternative road to boats, stopped in the dock

23/02/2023

Reporting by Silvia Zerilli, Tgr Lombardia

The bleak images of the Ticino river seen from the Ponte della Becca, near Pavia, at the point where the important waterway flowed into the Po: the drought is hitting hard even in Lombardy, where the river - very important for the region - looks like a summer beach: sand and stones, instead of water: bulldozers arrive to create an alternative road to boats, Stopped in the dock. An effect of drought and probably global warming.

In the service, the testimonies of Massimo Braghieri, Ticino Park authority, Pietro Pedrazzini, farmer and Massimo Sertori, councilor for the mountains of the Region.