30 thousand were displaced from their homes, 14 were killed: Italy is having trouble digesting the floods

Almost 30 thousand people were displaced from their homes in the province of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy and at least 14 people were killed in huge floods that occurred this week in the country. The country’s authorities are having trouble digesting the enormous dimensions of the destruction: more than 40 cities were flooded, 23 rivers overflowed and hundreds of roads were blocked. In the Romania area of ​​the district there is even a shortage of water, electricity and food due to the physical difficulty of reaching the towns.

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Floods in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy

In the country, accusations have already begun between the authorities about the responsibility for the magnitude of the disaster, such as over-dense construction and lack of budgeting for flood protection in the prone areas. At the beginning of the week, the government will deal with the allocation of an additional 20 million euros after budgeting 10 million that have already been transferred to the district, and also ordered a pause in the collection of taxes in the near term.

The mayor of Ravenna, a city that was severely affected by the floods, said that “this is the worst disaster in a century in the region.” Another resident of a village in the district said that “this is a catastrophic damage that took away people’s homes, their property and for some it cost them their lives. The last 48 hours have been very bad. Water and mud have taken over our entire village.”

Another resident said that she is still afraid of what will happen. “I’ve never seen anything like this here. We were stuck and didn’t know what to do. I just hope it doesn’t happen again. Our community is shattered, our procurement is cut off, some of us were really scared.”