Italy declares state of emergency due to flooding

The meteorological services have maintained a state of alert for the entire region from this Friday until Sunday, September 18

The Italian Government declared on Friday a state of emergency in the Marche region (the Marches), after being affected by severe flooding that has left at least 10 dead.

"The Council of Ministers approved the emergency and allocated five million euros: this is just the beginning," said Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who added that he will guarantee everything necessary to restart production, school activities and the reconstruction of houses. that have been destroyed by heavy rains.

For the Italian premier, the risk is spreading, "and what was a fragility that we have been carrying around for centuries has become an emergency with climate change: therefore, addressing hydrogeological risk means prevention, investment, infrastructure, but also it means tackling climate change.”

Said politician maintained when listening to the testimonies of the mayors of the affected territories that "without the security of the environment there is no trust on the part of the people who live there, there is no tranquility, there is no will to stay and that is important for both, because It is the basis of social and productive life.

The meteorological services have maintained a state of alert for the entire region from 2:00 p.m. local time on Friday until Sunday, September 18, with abundant rainfall.

In this sense, the entities established an orange alert from this Saturday, September 17, in Umbria, Campania, Basilicata and Calabria. The warning forecast scattered rains, also of a reverse or stormy nature, in eastern Lombardy, the autonomous province of Trento, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche and Umbria.

“The persistence of scattered to diffuse rains, with a predominance of downpours or storms, is expected in Campania while, from early tomorrow morning, Saturday, September 17, scattered to generalized rains, with a predominance of downpours or storms, are expected in the Tyrrhenian sectors of Basilicata and Calabria”, underlined the meteorological statement.