The balance of bad weather in Emilia Romagna continues to worsen: eight dead and “some missing”. Four thousand displaced people. Widespread flooding in 24 municipalities. All rivers in the region flooded. In 50 thousand without electricity.
THE VICTIMS – Three people died in Forlì, one swept away by a landslide in Cesena and two spouses died in Ronta di Cesena. While the husband was found in the house where they lived and where they had a farm, the woman was found on the beach of Zadina in Cesenatico, dragged by the fury of the Savio for over twenty kilometres. It is feared that the budget could increase. The president Stefano Bonaccini, in addition to speaking of a toll of eight dead, also reported on some missing persons.
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17.23 – Schools remain closed on Thursday in most of the municipalities affected, especially in the Bolognese and Romagna areas. Under the Two Towers and in all the Municipalities of the metropolitan city of Bologna, teaching activities will remain suspended in all institutions of all levels – nursery schools, nursery schools, elementary, middle and high schools. Doors are also closed in schools of all levels in Cesena, as well as in Faenza and in all the other Municipalities of the Romagna Faentina Union – namely Brisighella, Casola Valsenio, Castel Bolognese, Riolo Terme and Solarolo -, in Ravenna and Forlì. In contrast in Romagna Riccione and Rimini.
16.47 – A total of about 750 firefighters are involved in the bad weather emergency (of which almost 300 in the province of Forlì), including about 55 units for the coordination of interventions, 240 aquatic rescuers, 20 specialist speleo-alpine river units, 65 experts in pumping units and 15 divers. 64 operational modules arrived from outside the region (all except the islands), for a total of 400 units. Of the 250 vehicles currently employed in the affected areas, there are 25 small boats and 4 amphibians, as well as 10 pumping vehicles. Then there are 5 helicopters with 25 specialist units and 10 drones active in Emilia Romagna from tonight, with 15 specialist units. Bad weather had not allowed its use so far.
16.35 – In addition to the evacuations already ordered, the Municipality of Ravenna, in consideration of the rising levels of the Fosso Ghiaia canal, has also ordered the evacuation of the entire town of Fosso Ghiaia with the obligation to leave the house, until the need ceases. For those who do not have places to repair – explains the Ravenna municipal administration – reception points have been set up, manned by staff and equipped to offer food and accommodation to the Nullo Baldini state technical industrial institute in Ravenna; at the Campagnoni primary school in San Pietro in Campiano; at the Cinemacity in Ravenna; at the Classis Museum in Classe and at the PalaCosta in Ravenna.
16.22 – “The emergency is not over! We continue to be on maximum red alert: let’s not forget that”. It is the appeal of his fellow citizens of mayor of Faenza Massimo Isola. “From a meteorological point of view – he says – over the next 24 hours the phenomena are expected to gradually decrease. In any case, there may be scattered light rainfall both on the hills and in the plains. The current flood will descend very slowly over the next 12 hours. No further and additional flood waves are foreseen, but our embankments, especially in urban areas, are heavily damaged. The mayor’s appeal: ‘Stay on the upper floors!’. There are over 600 displaced people in Faenza
15.21- The Council of Ministers will be held next Tuesday, at 11, on the bad weather emergency that has affected some regions of the centre-north, especially Emilia Romagna. This was announced by government sources in recalling that the executive is engaged in the field in these hours through the work of the civil protection, with the premier Giorgia Meloni in constant contact, from Japan, with the undersecretary Mantovano and the ministers.
1:42 pm – “Our thoughts go to the 8 victims and some missing. All the condolences of the Region go to them and their families”, said the president of the Emilia-Romagna region, Stefano Bonaccini. Bonaccini added that there are “many evacuees”, including 3,000 in Bologna, 5,000 in Faenza and 5,000 in the Ravenna area, but the number is destined to grow.
1.43pm – The wife of the 70-year-old man who died during the night in Ronta di Cesena, an area affected by the flooding of the Savio river, is the woman’s body found in the morning on the beach of Zadina, on the north coast of Cesenatico.
1:27 pm – F1 has formalized the decision to cancel the Emilia Romagna GP, scheduled at Imola over the weekend, following the floods that hit the region.
12:33 – “There are 50,000 users left without electricity: 270 Enel units are working to restore the service which remains linked to weather conditions, because no action is taken in the cabins if there is water, as unfortunately continues to be the case. instead 100,000 mobile users without service and 10,000 fixed users. In Emilia Romagna, regional rail traffic is completely blocked, while traffic on national routes and high-speed lines continue to operate”. Thus the Minister of Civil Protection, Nello Musumeci.
11:34 – “The government is there, alongside the affected populations and local institutions”: thus Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, from Alaska, where she made a direct stopover at the G7 in Japan, spoke by videoconference to one point of the Operations Committee of the Civil Protection, and gave the immediate availability to convene a Council of Ministers to approve, if necessary, further emergency measures.
10:26 – Following the rupture of the Idice and the great pressure to which it was subjected, the Motta bridge in the Bologna area gave way.
08:12 – Autostrade, through Isoradio, has appealed not to pass on the A14 in the Romagna section. The motorway remains open for emergency vehicles but the request is not to transit except in emergencies; in Faenza the water entered the lanes of the motorway.
7:57 – “The road system is complex: it is advisable to avoid some arterial roads and movements from the south are not recommended. There is an interruption of regional railway services and the entire Adriatic section is diverted to the Tyrrhenian Sea; the invitation is to adopt measures of maximum caution, the emergency is by no means over, rescue operations can be complex and put rescuers at risk”. So the deputy head of the Civil Protection Department Titti Postiglione.
7:49 – “The affected area is enormous: we are facing both floods and landslides. In some cases we have had difficulty moving people who did not want to leave their homes”. So Titti Postiglione, deputy head of the Civil Protection Department.
07:42 – At least 4 people are missing in the province of Forlì-Cesena, around 600 firefighters are involved. One person is said to be missing in Cesena and three in Forlì.
07:27 – In Bologna the “road system is compromised in many areas of the metropolitan city. We invite the population to make only truly urgent journeys”.
07:22 – A man in his 70s died in Ronta di Cesena. His wife is missing. It is a couple of agricultural entrepreneurs.
1 o’clock – The man who was missing in Forlì was found lifeless. He probably drowned in the ground floor of a house in the countryside. His wife was rescued by rescuers.
00:49 – It is a night of fear and relief in Faenza (Ravenna), one of the cities most affected by the flood after the flooding of the Lamone. In the city, people climbed onto the roofs.
05:56 – During the night the rivers continued to overflow their banks and the water invades various areas of Romagna. Flooding also in Castel Bolognese, with the Senio in the village.
Source: Ansa
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