In the flooded northern Italian Adriatic region of Emilia Romagna, things are still not entirely safe – people are more likely to shake as more heavy rains are expected over the weekend. This week, 14 people died in the floods, 15,000 people had to leave their homes and are housed in sports halls, schools and parishes.
Civil defense and the army are constantly on duty to clean the streets. There were still interruptions in train traffic. The Bologna-Rimini railway is still closed. In several municipalities there was no electricity or gas and there were also problems with telephone and internet connections.
Food scarce, no drinking water
Nine communities in the Bassa Romagna area – a total of 100,000 inhabitants on about 100 square kilometers, 90 percent of which were under water – faced food and water supply problems. Several houses were still without drinking water. The government around Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is planning a cabinet meeting next Tuesday to finance the first aid measures for the affected areas.
‘There are at least six landslides on every road’
Most residents of the flood-prone municipality of Sant’Agata sul Santerno sought refuge in evacuee shelters in nearby Massa Lombarda and Lugo. “There are at least six landslides in every street, the geography of the area has changed,” said Monica Rossi, mayor of the municipality of Mercato Saraceno, in the province of Forlì-Cesena, which has a population of 6,800. In several parts of the community, the electricity and gas supply has been cut off and the telephone and internet are barely working. “We try to communicate a bit with our citizens through social media, but it’s not easy.”
Source: Krone
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