Water has started receding at some places and not much rain is expected on Friday.
The death toll from floods in Italy has already risen to 11, officials said on Thursday. The most recent victims found in the northern Emilia Romagna region were two farmers in their 70s. Local media reported that he was believed to have died of electrocution while carrying a refrigerator into a flooded house.
Around 10,000 people have already been evacuated from their homes due to the floods. On Thursday, authorities ordered the evacuation of three more villages near Ravenna.
Nearly 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes as a result of the devastation caused by floods in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. Photo: Antonio Denti / Reuters
Photo: Antonio Denti / Reuters
Heavy rains at the beginning of the week caused flooding of about twenty rivers in the Emilia Romagna region. Entire residential and agricultural areas have been inundated, besides hundreds of roads have been damaged and livestock have been drowned.
Water has started receding in some places, while some residents have been successful in returning to their homes after being affected by water and mud. It rained a bit more on Thursday and it is expected to drizzle again on Friday as well.
According to Italy’s Minister of Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida, it is still impossible to accurately assess the physical damage caused by the floods, as a large part of the area is still under water.
An aerial view of flood damage in San Giorgio, northern Italy. Photo: Antonio Denti / Reuters
