Bad weather: Lombardy asks for a state of emergency

Bank of Italy:

(ANSA) – MILAN, 01 AUG – “In the Lombardy region, adverse meteorological events of significant intensity occurred during the month of July, which caused severe instability and damage, particularly in the territories of the provinces of Brescia, Pavia, Lodi and Cremona and, to a lesser extent, also in other provincial areas “. This was written by the president of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana, in the letter to the president of the Council of Ministers and to the Head of the Civil Protection Department in which he asked for a state of emergency of national importance for events related to bad weather which, throughout the month of July , have affected the region.

As soon as the damage recognition phase is completed, which is still in progress, explains the regional councilor for civil protection Pietro Foroni, a “detailed technical report will be sent to the government, complete with an initial quantification of the damage detected, relating to the events that occurred” . From the storm that affected the provinces of Lodi and Cremona on 4 July to the mudslides of the Scuropasso and Versa streams in the province of Pavia, on 26 and 27 July, up to the flood of Valcamonica on 27 and 28 July, for which I eighty people still evacuated. Dozens of organizations involved and hundreds of volunteers activated to guarantee assistance to the population and the removal of material that has invaded urban centers and public and private buildings, the first measures for the restoration of public services and infrastructures were also adopted. strategic. (HANDLE).

Source: Ansa

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