Flood Marche: the 3 missing are relentlessly searched, among them there is an 8-year-old child

In the light of photoelectrics, the searches for the

after the wave of bad weather that hit two nights ago in the province of Ancona, two in the Barbara area, the third in that of Fabriano.

There are

at work in the affected area, with safety measures and assistance to the population.     

During the night, the operations of the firefighters of the speleo nuclei continued to free the arches of the railway bridge from large tree trunks that hindered the outflow of the Misa river near its mouth, in Senigallia.

The railway line closed during the intervention reopened at 2.20.

There are

completed since the beginning of the emergency in the province of Ancona,

, where 100 firefighters are on duty.

Last night the Prefecture of Ancona updated the list to 10 victims and 3 missing.

The first was joined by an 80-year-old whose body was taken out yesterday afternoon from the Esino river, in another part of the province.

The old man would not have been carried away by the flood, but he would have slipped into the water in Angeli di Rosora.

The missing drop to 3 because in the meantime the body of 17-year-old Noemi Bartolucci has been identified, traced a few kilometers away from the place where she was dragged away by the force of the water to Barbara, while trying to save herself together with her mother and to his brother in two cars.

The 23-year-old brother identified the body, while his mother Brunella Chiù, 56, is still missing. 

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Marche, the 'mud angels' at work in Ostra

And among the missing there is still Mattia, 8 years old

,

snatched from his mother's arms while they were fleeing after having abandoned the car in Castelleone di Suasa, and another man from Arcevia.

"We hope that the water goes down again - the comment of the mayor of Barbara Marco Pasqualini -, today I will ask for the intervention of the dog unit".

The firefighters - who also come from Lombardy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna and Abruzzo - civil protection and other rescuers are also working incessantly to provide aid to displaced persons and people who have suffered damage or have had houses uninhabitable due to the water and mud.  

Streets like streams, uprooted trees and poles, cars dragged away, rivers overflowing and houses submerged by water.

The night of terror experienced by the citizens of the Marches that devastated part of the provinces of Pesaro Urbino and Ancona, from the hinterland to the coast,

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According to the data released by the CNR, this is the

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"It rained in a few hours a third of what it normally rains in these areas in a year" says the head of the Civil Protection Fabrizio Curcio.

Hundreds of displaced people who spent the night in a reception center set up by Caritas in Senigallia.

according to the Prefecture of Ancona which explains in a note: "Most of these people are in the municipality of Senigallia, but the number is growing".

"In this regard - the press release reads - dedicated prevention and control services have been set up by the police on the evacuated buildings".

Other possible evacuations are also under consideration. 

Instead, the water service inside homes and businesses that had been interrupted in various areas since yesterday morning would be partially back active. 

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Damage caused by bad weather in Pianello di Ostra in the Marche region

Yesterday, Prime Minister Mario Draghi visited the affected areas and expressed closeness to the populations, in addition to the announcement of the launch of the declaration of a state of emergency and the arrival of the first funds.

"It is a disaster. We will do everything possible" he said during a visit to Pianello di Ostra, the town that recorded the greatest damage and 4 victims.

The Council of Ministers

A message also arrived from the Head of State: "Our thoughts are turned with anguish to our fellow citizens of the Marche, struck by yesterday's mournful event", said

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Today the biggest concern is for the weather, as a new wave of bad weather is expected.

Yellow alert status throughout the Marche region: the Multi-risk Functional Center of the Regional Civil Protection recommends that citizens "avoid traveling in case of rain".