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In northern Italy, the variety of folks evacuated after the floods has risen to at the least 36,600. They’re primarily residents of the province of Ravenna, studies the ANSA information company. Within the metropolis of Ravenna itself, a big a part of the suburbs have additionally been flooded.
A helicopter crashed within the province whereas checking energy strains resulting from energy failures. 4 occupants had been injured, two of them significantly.
Injury to roads
This weekend, the rain returned to the Emilia-Romagna area, which has already been hit arduous by the storms in latest days. Huge areas are nonetheless below water and there are common landslides.
These landslides brought about billions of {dollars} in street injury, particularly within the Apennines, the area’s vp mentioned.
Now that it has began to rain once more, it’s feared that the precipitation will trigger the water degree within the rivers to rise once more and trigger them to overflow their banks once more. The best warning degree nonetheless applies in components of the area.
Meloni again from G7 summit earlier
At the least 14 folks have been killed within the storm in Emilia-Romagna up to now. The final sufferer fell as we speak within the southern metropolis of Reggio Calabria. A person was killed there when he was hit by a falling tree.
Prime Minister Meloni returns earlier from the G7 summit in Japan as a result of state of emergency in northern Italy. She’s going to arrive in Italy tomorrow.
