2023-05-18 22:45:03
The Italian authorities have raised to 13 the balance of fatalities due to the heavy rains and floods registered in the last two days in the region of Emilia Romagnalocated in the northeast of the transalpine country, and they do not rule out that the balance continues to increase, since at least one missing person is still being sought.
The update of data in the province of ravenna, with five more victims, has triggered the death count, which had been maintained at nine since Wednesday. Emergency services continue to search in areas that have been flooded by the storm, where maximum caution is still recommended to local populations.
More than 20,000 people continue to be evacuated due to rains that have overflowed more than twenty rivers and have caused the blockade of some 400 highways, reports the Rai network. In addition, some 27,000 people were still without electricity in the Emilia Romagna region on Thursday, according to the company. Enel.
The Caribinieri have made some 3,000 interventions in this area and the Firefighters estimate their operations in Emilia Romagna and neighboring Marche in the last two days at 2,000, which also accounts for the magnitude of the storm.
For her part, the Coast Guard It has reported that it currently has three Nemo model helicopters deployed in the area that have carried out a total of 16 missions that have managed to evacuate 37 people, including the elderly and children.
Likewise, underwater operating teams have also managed to rescue at least 28 people and several animals. “Divers are also distributing urgent food and medicine to save lives.“The Coast Guard said in a statement.
The Minister of the Environment, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, has announced in a radio interview that the Executive will approve next Tuesday the declaration of a state of calamity for Emilia Romagna and for the northern part of the Marches. The Government promises to alleviate issues such as mortgage payments and taxes for the victims, after announcing in these two days a first emergency aid.
The President of Emilia Romagna, Stefano Bonaccini, He has thanked the RAI chain for the 30 million already announced, but has suggested that they fall short: “Here we are talking about billions of euros in damages.” In this sense, he recalled that in less than two days an amount of rain equivalent to the average of six months has fallen.
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