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22 October 2019Piemonte and Liguria still struggling with the bad weather emergency, the damage is counted, meanwhile there is fear for the passage of the flood of the Po in Emilia Romagna.

Two deaths in Piedmont
In Piedmont two deaths are mourned: the victims are a Genoese taxi driver run over by a stream in the Alessandria area and an elder who lost control of the car in the Turin area. There are dozens of displaced people, schools and closed roads due to flooding and landslides. Governor Cirio calls for a state of emergency: "Today's meeting in Turin with the President of the Council Conte is on the emergency in the emergency, that is, in addition to the knots we have in our region, I ask that there be an economic intervention that We must allow mayors who want to clean their rivers to do so without risking complaints, we must allow the bureaucracy that today ministerial regulations require us to protect the environment to be removed, because environmental protection is important, but first the protection of people comes ".

The car rental passenger who has been saved from the water and mud in which the driver died is admitted to the hospital emergency room in Alessandria. The foreigner, an English citizen, is in a private prognosis. Arriving in a strong state of hypothermia, the doctors are evaluating the vital parameters of the man who saved himself by clinging to some trees.

Liguria, state of emergency
"We will proceed with the declaration of the state of emergency and with the financial support for the temporary placement in the hotel or the contribution for the autonomous accommodation to the displaced persons". Thus the head of the national department of civil protection, Angelo Borrelli, taking stock of the flood damage in Valle Stura at the headquarters of the Municipality of Campo Ligure. "We have not seen great landslides and problems, only specific landslides, on some of which we are working, on others we do not - continues Borrelli - we need to act promptly with the works of the utmost urgency for the safety of the territory. We must take advantage of these few hours of truce to secure the territory. I can't get here and still see piles of mud on the road. " For the summit of the National Civil Protection, "it is clear that there have been damages and I am here to bring the closeness of the State. It is a big problem but it is not a cataclysm with a great devastation. Fortunately the countries involved are few. I ask to Anas to accelerate with the works of the utmost urgency ".

Firefighters last night in Campo Ligure, in the hinterland of Genoa, six people were rescued, whose house had been overwhelmed by a landslide caused by heavy rains that scourged the Valle Stura all day yesterday. To access the house and rescue the family it was necessary to break through the front door. In the house there were two spouses with two small children, the grandmother and another lady, as well as a dog that was in turn rescued and rescued by the firemen.

Toti, ready to help Piedmont
"I would say that overall we were lucky enough, considering also what happened in Piedmont. A little while ago I spoke with Governor Cirio and I have already given the availability as a Civil Protection of Liguria to help in Piedmont, an area that has been affected much more harshly and where the number of displaced persons is much higher ". This was stated by the governor of Liguria Giovanni Toti, during an inspection in Rossiglione, in the hinterland of Genoa, one of the centers of the Valle Stura most affected by yesterday's wave of bad weather. "At Rossiglione - Toti recalled - there are two condominiums still evacuated. One will probably be returned to their legitimate inhabitants within a few hours, at most a few days. The other one seems to me a little more problematic but we are waiting for structural checks" . "None of the displaced families - explained the Ligurian governor - used the reception center set up by the Red Cross, but they are all accommodated by relatives. I believe that the autonomous accommodation system will be activated for them, so they will be compensated and take up residence where they will consider more appropriate ".

Bishop Acqui, we intervene on those in difficulty
"I am close to all those who have been affected by this calamity and as a diocese we will try to make our contribution to help families in situations of greater difficulty". This was stated by the bishop of Acqui, Monsignor Luigi Testore, in the light of the bad weather that hit the Alessandria area and, in particular, the area that falls within the diocese led by the bishop. The bishop is in contact with the parish priests of the diocesan territory to monitor the situation. "In Rossiglione there were several people evacuated, while the small church from Mercy near Campo Ligure collapsed. We need to understand what the concrete needs are and how we can decline our commitment. It is not the first time that a flood creates such damage "It is a territory that has many rivers and it can happen that particularly violent phenomena create these situations. In Campo Ligure there was also a landslide that interrupted the roads in that area, in the Valle Stura".

Po alarm
Weather alert in Emilia-Romagna for the passage of the flood of the Po, after the bad weather that has plagued the northwest. For the late afternoon of today and all day tomorrow Arpae and the Regional Civil Protection will set off the yellow alert in the lower Emilia plain, alert "relating to the transit of the flood of the Po with exceeding the 'threshold 1' in the Piacenza section". During the day tomorrow the "transit of flood in the section of Piacenza will be able to reach the threshold 2". The weather, based on the weather forecast, will remain stable.

The Red Cross in the field
Volunteers and operators of the Red Cross throughout the area affected by bad weather in Piedmont and Liguria are working tirelessly to support the affected population. In Piedmont, in Serravalle Scrivia, dozens of people spent the night in the elderly center where CRI volunteers distributed basic necessities and provided social and health assistance. Hot meals were offered and beds and blankets were offered, as well as providing psychological support activities for the displaced in Gavi Ligure, isolated for hours due to landslides. Over 40 people spent the night between the Red Cross headquarters and the school, where the volunteers set up a reception center. In Arquata Scrivia, more than 50 of them stayed for hours at the train station, receiving food and hot drinks.

Musumeci, the Sicilian civil protection available
The solidarity of the Sicilian community was expressed by the president of the Region Nello Musumeci to the populations of Piedmont and Liguria hardly hit, in these hours, by a wave of bad weather. The governor has already sent to his colleagues Alberto Cirio and Giovanni Toti "the feelings of closeness of the Regional Council". Musumeci has guaranteed, "if necessary, also the support of the Sicilian Civil Protection".

Zaia, Veneto is there
Columns of the Veneto regional civil protection are ready to leave for Piedmont, if necessary. The governor of the Veneto, Luca Zaia, announces it after having contacted by telephone the colleague president of Piedmont, Alberto Cirio, expressing solidarity and immediate readiness to send aid following the serious wave of bad weather that hit the Northwest, in coordination with the Civil Protection national. "I heard my Councilor for Civil Protection, Gianpaolo Bottacin, who as always assured me that the columns of the Veneto are ready to go," says Zaia. "Veneto and the Veneto unfortunately had to make a great experience on the field, from the catastrophic flood of 2010, to the Vaia storm in October and November 2018. An experience that allows us to fully understand the suffering of the Piedmontese populations and to be absolutely effective if Veneto aid is deemed necessary ".

Weather: hot air arrives from Africa
After the bad weather that will affect Italy in the next few days, over the weekend it is expected to improve on a large part of the peninsula thanks to the recovery of a vast field of high pressure of African origin. Between Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 a new increase in temperatures is expected to reach anomalous peaks for the season.