Water avalanche in Emilia-Romagna, among floods and landslides in the Bolognese area there is the first victim

Floods, landslides, broken connections, trapped families. What has happened in the last few hours is impressive Emilia Romagna, bowed by another violent flood with 15 rivers above the red threshold and thousands of evacuated.

The situation in the Bolognese area is very serious, where Civil Protection has issued a red alert for river floods and strong storm events. Up to 175 millimeters of rainfall fell on the metropolitan city of Bologna.

In the city of Bologna, the flood of the Ravone torrent flooded Via Saffi, exceeding the alarm levels. Some are higher than those of the terrible May 2023. In Castel Maggiore the Navile flooded, in Budrio the Idice.

Over 600 interventions were carried out by local police, firefighters and all the operators involved in the emergency in the provinces of the Region. In several municipalities the critical issues required the Army’s amphibious vehicles.

At the gates of Bologna we mourn a young victim. A 20-year-old boy, who was driving when his car was hit by the flood of the Zena river, died in Pianoro. His body was recently recovered.

The Civil Protection Department announces the activation of teams for aquatic rescue in the affected areas and for pumping water. From checks carried out in the morning, many roads in Bologna were still closed.

This Sunday 20 October a new alert was issued but orange on the lowlands, hills and coast of Romagna, hills and plains of Bologna and plains and coasts of Ferrara. In Bologna the rains should end in the afternoon, but the city and the region are on their knees.