Red alert until midnight today in simple areas of Emilia-Romagna – Metropolitan City of Bologna, provinces of Modena, Reggio Emilia (up to Parma), Ferrara, Ravenna – and in the hills of Bolognese-Romagna. Due to the heavy and heavy rain during the night between 19 and 20 October, which is currently worsening, the watercourse levels have risen again today, especially in relation to the Enza, Secchia and Reno river basins and their their tributaries, with numerous floods in the Bolognese hill and the city of Bologna.
In Bologna, kindergartens and schools of all levels were closed
Kindergartens and schools of all levels in Bologna will be closed on Monday. It is the decision of the Municipality to allow the necessary checks on all school premises and to ensure their safety after last night’s flooding. «The city of Bologna» had a very important and significant impact on the bad weather, with «flooding of basements» and «roads that became torrents». The acting president of the Emilia Romagna Region, Irene Priolo, said this at a press conference. “Unfortunately we had a victim in Pianoro, but at the moment no one is missing or reported missing,” he said. The figure of evacuated is always updated, but last night there were “about 2,000” and there were “15,000 electricity networks without power, which have now dropped to 4000”, explained the president. In general, the most important cases are «a Careful e Piano».
Lepore: we will ask for a state of emergency
«I spoke to the president of the Region Irene Priolo and we will ask for a state of emergency». This was said by the mayor of Bologna, Matteo Lepore, who recalled how “no one expected this amount of rain and not in the city of Bologna”. Lepore, in a meeting with the media in the Municipality, expressed that it is «important that it is understood that Bologna is the city that has been most affected this time. We need help throughout the city of Bologna to have the resources to resume as soon as possible, to compensate those who suffered damage and also to carry out all the necessary interventions on the roads and sewers.”
Evacuation of more than 3 thousand in Emilia-Romagna due to bad weather
There are at least 3 thousand, but the overall data is still being updated, the people in Emilia-Romagna were evacuated between yesterday and today as a precaution or because their homes were not in safe conditions. The figure at the beginning of the morning was over 2,100 for Bologna and its province. Then a thousand people were buried in Cadelbosco nel Reggio Emilia. More updated and accurate details will only be available in the coming hours. (HANDS).
In Emilia-Romagna more than 15 rivers above the red threshold
This morning in Emilia-Romagna there were 8 rivers above level 3, the red alert ceiling. In total, 15 waterways exceeded the alarm threshold during the event. There were full days historical highlights on Samoggia, Idice, Sillaro and Senio. Some rivers recorded higher levels than in May 2023, such as the Idice in Castenaso and the Samoggia in Forcelli. The outflow at the confluence with the Rhine is under close observation, where flooding is expected to increase in the valley section. In the Modena and Reggio Emilia areas, floods with peak levels close to threshold 3 are also spreading in the parts of the Parma valley, Enza and Secchia, slowed down at the mouth with the passage of the flood into the Po recorded in Cadelbosco di Sotto, in Reggio Emilia, where Tassone Canal broke: operations are underway to help the citizens involved.
