(Reuters) - Bologna mayor Matteo Lepore said Saturday's Serie A game against AC Milan been postponed due to heavy rain and flooding in the area.
Schools, parks and sports centres would remain closed in the city on Friday as a precaution after heavy rains since Oct. 19 caused landslides, flooding, road closures and some power outages in several areas, the mayor added.
Bolonga and Serie A did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Reuters sent outside normal business hours.
"This afternoon I signed an ordinance ordering the suspension of the scheduled football match," Lepore wrote on Facebook.
The municipality of Bologna said in a statement that the match would bring about 35,000 people near the most critical area of the city, causing problems due to the presence of fans and traffic closure in the surrounding area.
Bologna are 12th in the league with nine points from eight matches.
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
