A deeply injured but dead zone, accompanied by mass mobilization in the days after the flood to return to normalcy as soon as possible. This will find President Sergio Mattarella in Emilia Romagna today, May 30. The head of state plans to visit some of the most affected centres. Even today, weather alert weighs on the region.
President meets with volunteers and flood victims
Meetings for Mattarella with representatives of institutions as well as some volunteers and the public who are mobilized. It wants to signal an open presence and closeness. Selin wants to see the damage she has done for herself. The visit starts from Modigliana, one of the smallest but also the most damaged. Then Forli and Faenza. Possible stages in Cesena, Lugo, Ravenna.
In the past few hours, by the 6th flood from Pope Francis.
The President’s visit followed the visit of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on 21 May and the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on 25 May.
Weather alert for Emilia Romagna today, May 30
The weather warning also affects Emilia today, May 30. The level is “yellow” ie medium. Critical problems exist in the Bologna plain (especially Medicina, Molinella and Budrio), Ravenna and Forlì, due to the difficulty of disposing overflows from streams.
Nearly 800 roads are still closed
In the whole of Emilia-Romagna, 772 municipal and provincial roads are closed to traffic, 302 partially and 470 fully, according to the latest official balance provided by the Region. In the Bologna region, 215 arteries were involved (92 partially and 123 completely); 312 (102 in part and 210 in total) in the Forlì-Cesenate region; 202 (100 in part and 102 in total) in the Ravenna area; 43 (8 in part and 35 altogether) in the Rimini area.
There are 758 major landslides and thousands of active micro-landslides: 351 in Forlì-Cesena province; 248 in the state of Ravenna; 120 in the province of Bologna; 14 in the province of Reggio Emilia, 13 in the province of Rimini and 12 in the province of Modena.
Considering both the civil protection volunteers and the technical, administrative and local police personnel provided by Ancı, the number of operators in the field is over 2000.
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