Those killed by the floods that affected the Marche region in central Italy last Thursday night rose to 11 when the body of one of the three disappeared was recovered, while bad weather continues to cause problems in the area.
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The bodies of an 8-year-old boy who was traveling in the car with his mother, who is hospitalized, are still missing when the flood from the river reached them in the province of Senigallia, as well as a 56-year-old woman.
The bad weather gives no respite to the area as it continues to rain incessantly and the municipality of Senigallia has warned its citizens not to leave the house and to take refuge on the highest floors, as well as the closure of all activities businesses in the flooded area.
Despite the bad weather, firefighters, mountain rescue teams and Civil Protection volunteers continue to search for the two people who are still missing and help the several hundred people who have had to leave their homes.
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It was also reported that in the last few hours the water supply that had been cut off in many of these towns has resumed.
The Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, visited the affected areas this Friday and expressed closeness to the populations, in addition to the announcement of the declaration of a state of emergency and the arrival of the first 5 million aid.
“It’s a disaster. We will do everything possible,” he said during a visit to Pianello di Ostra, the town that recorded the most damage and 4 victims. In Ancona province, “400 mm of rain fell in two or three hours, half of what it rains in a year in the Region. It was an extremely intense event.
Probably the heat of these days, colliding with a cell of cold air, has caused such violent phenomena,” the experts explained.
EFE
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