Emilia Romagna

For now there are no injured or missing people, but the images of the floods in Emilia-Romagna in recent hours have brought us to mind what happened just over a year ago.Among the municipalities involved there are Faenza and Castel Bolognese, already seriously affected in May last year.In Faenza the Marzeno river overflowed and flooded some countryside south of the city.In Castel Bolognese, the overflowing of the Senio has caused flooding that is approaching the center. Flood in Emilia-Romagna:the causes and interventions made so far, and what to do to mitigate the risk and address climate change The Municipality of Ravenna, in the night, signed an ordinance in which it invites those who live along the banks of the Lamone and Montone rivers to go to the upper floors or to reach the Pala De Andrè, open as a reception point.In the municipalities of Russi, Bagnacavallo and Forlì, among the most affected areas, citizens were invited to avoid unnecessary travel as muc...

Lack of interventions to adapt the territory to extreme meteorological events, insufficient safety works with respect to hydrogeological instability, even increased land consumption.Following the severe flood in Emilia-Romagna, a heated debate arose on the interventions that could have avoided the flooding of tens of thousands of homes and the death of 15 people.Above all, we talked about lack of prevention, that is, what has not been done in recent years to make the population safe.And also of bad governance of the territory, or what has been done badly.Meanwhile, on Tuesday 23 May the Council of Ministers approved a law decree which allocates around two billion euros to deal with the emergency:the measure contains a series of indications for the population of the affected areas, including the suspension of the payment of taxes, contributions and energy utilities from 1 May to 31 August, the redundancy fund in derogation for all employees for up to 90 days, and an allowance lump...

Underwater.This is how Faenza, Cesena, Forlì, some areas of the Ravenna area, some streets of Bologna ended, after the violent rains that hit Emilia Romagna and also the Marche since May 16th and which they provoked the death of 13 people, dozens missing, over 20 thousand displaced.41 municipalities were affected by the flood, 24 were flooded, 22 rivers flooded.Civil Protection he issued a new red alert for many territories of the two Regions until May 19th, both for the risk of landslides, collapses or mudslides, and for possible further flooding. “In terms of impacts on the territory, it is probably the most serious flood effect of at least the last 100 years.In terms of extension of the areas affected and quantity of precipitation, as well as damage to multiple provinces, it is something devastating, very serious", underlines Pierluigi Randi, president of AMPRO (Professional Weather Association).“A disaster announced, but we ignored the signs,” he comme...