![]() "Italians have no education on how to behave" in these sudden and extreme circumstances, he said. "It is a situation very similar to the violent storms that swept Corsica on August 18, as well as Liguria and Tuscany," said climatologist Luca Mercalli, president of the Italian Meteorological Society, who called for residents to be better informed. Four of the seven killed have been identified by rescuers, three of them Italian, including. ![]() ![]() The storm was just the latest in a series of climatic disasters that this area of the Mediterranean basin has suffered since the beginning of the summer. Italys Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, said the incident was 'without doubt' linked to climate change. These images from space reveal that mudslides penetrated the Adriatic Sea up to 80km beyond the coast. Seven violent weather events since JulyĪ few hours after the tragedy, shocking images from the European Copernicus satellite showed the measure of the violence of the storm and the destructive force of the gullying. The army has provided two helicopters to assist in the rescue operations. Images showed them on rubber dinghies going up alleyways transformed into torrents. Nearly 200 firefighters have been mobilized to help the victims, with some rescue workers coming from the neighboring regions of Abbruzzo and Emilia Romagna. Videos on social media showed cars washed away by rivers of mud. In the village of Cantiano, 50 kilometers inland from Barbara, some residents filmed water reaching waist level. According to Fabrizio Curzio, the head of Civil Protection, who arrived at the scene on Friday morning, this represents a third of the local average annual rainfall. In just six hours, more than 400mm of rain fell on the region. In the message, Mayor Pasqualini implored residents to shelter in their homes and under no circumstances get in their cars and drive, which could cost them their lives. Image of the day Provided by NASA EarthObservatory: A Deluge in Italy Heavy rains caused destructive flash flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region. The mayor of Barbara, a town of 1,257 inhabitants in Italy's Marche region, could only watch helplessly as the deluge poured down. Inflections of deluge (v): ( conjugate) deluges v 3rd person singular deluging v pres p. in Italian English synonyms English Usage Conjugator in context images WR Apps: Android & iPhone Word of the day. "God help us" was Riccardo Pasqualini's Facebook message to his constituents during the night of Thursday, September 15. deluge - WordReference English dictionary, questions, discussion and forums. Subscribers only Residents of the village of Pianello di Ostra, in the aftermath of the deluge ALESSANDRO DI MEO / AFP The water level in Ponte di Piave was low a few days before the storm in Treviso, Italy. Lack of government action blamed for deaths in Italy floodsĬritics say the damage caused by a deluge in the Marche region in the east of the country could have been mitigated if planned preventative measures had been implemented.īy Olivier Bonnel (Rome (Italy) correspondent) Published on September 17, 2022, at 4:56 pm (Paris), updated on September 17, 2022, at 4:56 pm
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