TRENTO. At least three thousand people remain displaced in Emilia Romagna where large areas remain flooded even though the rain gave some respite yesterday. The damage toll is huge, e.g and 20 year old young man lost his life in Pianoro in the car overwhelmed by the water. Some schools will reopen today, others will remain closed. In ten hours, 175 millimeters of rain fell. Floods and landslides everywhere in the region, critical issues in 13 municipalities in Emilia. Difficulties also exist in Lombardy, in the provinces of Mantua and Cremona where the Po is under observation. The day after the emergency, mud was shoveled in Licata, in the province of Messina, and the damage from the flooding of the Salso river was counted.
A first mobile column arrived in the Bologna area yesterday morning (20 October). Trentino civil protection called to lend a hand for interventions caused by flooding and spills of water courses. There are 44 permanent and volunteer firefighters, as well as personnel from the Risk Prevention Service, working in the flooded areas.
The specialist teams starting from Trento they will be working to pump water from basements and streets.