Flooding and landslides in Tuscany, the emergency is not over, asked for the national emergency state: people isolated in 14 municipalities, evacuations of entire areas is underway

There Tuscany again underwater with the flooding of the stream Remaining who literally overwhelmed Sesto Fiorentinothe nightmare of the Arno full (at the moment returned) and 14 Municipalities with people still isolated. The evacuations are still ongoing, with aRed alert for hydraulic risk which remains in some areas of the region until late afternoon today March 15th.

Weather and rescue alert

At 8.00 this morning March 15, i Firefighters they had completed 430 interventions in 24 hours, with over 500 people engaged in the provinces of Florence, Prato, Pisa and Livorno for Rescue operations, flooding, landslides, static instabilities and the safety of dangerous trees.

But the emergency in Tuscany is not over yet: north of Tuscany The red alert still remains For hydraulic and orange risk for hydrogeological risk (which is however at least yellow throughout the region), and to the alert for hydraulic risk also remains for tomorrow 16 March, although orange.

Recall that although the red alert is the one that is most scary because it indicates one imminent dangerous situationthe orange one, however, highlights a risky situation and the yellow puts the area in a state of vigilance.

Isolated people in 14 municipalities and the request for the national emergency state

Following the floods and landslides of yesterday March 14, there are isolated people in 14 municipalities:

I ask the government for the recognition of the national emergency stateto guarantee rapid interventions to the communities affected by the strong bad weather – reads the official Twitter account of the President of the Tuscany Region Eugenio Giani – I defend my land and my fellow citizens with determination

No, it’s not bad weather

At the cost of repeating ourselves, we continue to say it firmly: all this is not called bad weather, but climate change associated with wicked territory management.

Tuscany came out of Terrible floods of 2023arrive shortly after those of Emilia-Romagnawho has relived the nightmare last autumn. And in general One Italian out of five, over 12 million people, resides in potentially permanent areas.

Overall, in Italy they are threatened by medium or high hydraulic danger 6.9 million people, 1.1 million companies and 4.9 million buildingswith particularly important risks for the regions Veneto, Calabria, Trentino-Alto Adige, Liguria, Tuscany, Emilia-Romagnaalmost all those where the soil consumption rate is higher or significantly higher than the national average, as emerges fromLast report by Italy for Climate.

Just speak of an emergency, just resort to shelters by buffering here and there (unfortunately not always successfully): they need, urgently, Planning and implementation of adaptation measures.

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Sources: Tuscany Region / Tuscany region / x / Eugenio Giani / X / Fire Brigade / X