Flooding in northern Italy has killed at least five people, forced the evacuation of 5,000 and suspended some train services. Officials warned residents to get to higher ground amid fears that rain-swollen rivers would again flood.
A view of an overflowing Savio river in Cesena, central Italy, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. The mayor of the city of Cesena, Enzo Lattuca, posted a video early Wednesday on Facebook to warn that continued heavy rains in the Emilia-Romagna region could again flood the Savio river and smaller tributaries.
The deputy governor of Emilia-Romagna, Irene Priolo, said eight people were killed and others unaccounted for in flooding that forced the evacuation of more than 10,000 people. Italian Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci called for a new nationwide hydraulic engineering plan to adapt to the impact of increasing incidents of floods and landslides. At a briefing, he noted that an average of 200 millimeters of rain had fallen in 36 hours in the region, with some areas registering 500 millimeters in that period.
Compounding Italy’s vulnerability to climate-change induced flooding are already fragile hydrological conditions in much of the country. Italy also must grapple with the decades-long practice of people building in areas prone to mudslides or floods — homes that are often allowed to stay in place thanks to occasional government amnesties.
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