Il outflow of rivers full of water that continues, the embankments still under pressure and the attention remains very high, especially in the basin Reindeer, in the Bologna area, and in the basins of Romagna. As well as the fear and concern of people and communities, once again grappling with the alarm for what could happen, after two days of red alert experienced with great apprehension.

Now the hydraulic danger alert is lowered – tomorrow will be Orange in part of the Modena, Bologna, Ferrara and Ravenna plains, yellow in the rest of the region – and Emilia-Romagna is the first, provisional budget of what happened in the last 48 hours.

In fact they fell huge amounts of rain, Up to 200 millimeters in Marradi, Lamone basin, comparable to those of previous floods. Extraordinary rainfall which insist on soils already soaked and saturated by the rains of the past months.

Some numbers, recorded by Arpae, relating to the cumulative rainfall amounts in the 48 hours in the stations of each basin that recorded the highest values ​​(amounts concentrated in particular in the second 24 hours): Casaglia (Marradi, FI, Lamone basin): 200 mm; Pratacci (San Benedetto in Alpe, FC, Montone basin): 135 mm; Palazzuolo sul Senio (FI, Senio basin): 121 mm; Firenzuola (FI, Santerno basin): 110 mm; Monteacuto delle Alpi (Lizzano in Belvedere, BO, Reno-Silla basin): 98 mm.

It should be considered that the cumulative rainfall in 48 hours on the Lamone reached 145,8 mm 2-3 May 2023, at 189,1 mm the May 16-17, 2023 and at 236,6 mm the 17-18 September 2024. On Montone, however, 98,7 mm was reached on 2-3 May 2023, 164,9 on 16-17 May 2023 and 182,9 on 17-18 September 2024.

As mentioned, the'Attention to rivers remains at its highest but no floods or bank breaks have been recorded. A situation that has remained under control also thanks to the work carried out in the last two years: over 300 completed construction sites after the dramatic flood of May 2023, especially the reconstruction and consolidation of the embankments, new floodplains and floodplain footage. Just as the over 30 works carried out after the floods, particularly in the metropolitan city of Bologna, in autumn 2024, were fundamental: these too allowed for better management of what happened.

The same, now consolidated mechanisms, even in extreme situations: such as the Expansion boxes, even if they did not come into operation on the Senio because the river never reached the red threshold (it therefore did not wet the banks but only the floodplain).

Furthermore, starting tomorrow, once the water level has dropped, operations will begin to clear the banks and riverbeds of trees that have fallen downstream.

Maximum commitment of the system Civil protection, starting with volunteers: yesterday they operated 240 Guests divided into 57 teams, today 146 out of 30 teams. The evacuated 53 people have been taken into care, all in the Bologna area, including 35 people between Imola and Casalfiumanese.

"Flood events of May 2023- states the president of the Region, Michele de Pascale- have marked a watershed that has brought territorial security and the fight against hydrogeological instability back to the top of the priorities, with a necessary awareness to which territorial institutions and the Government must be able to propose a coordinated, concrete and certain response. In addressing this emergency- goes on- the interventions made in the last two years by the Emilia-Romagna Region have been very important, even if obviously they are not yet sufficient to face this new normality of violent and frequent rain events. For example, the Lamons he was very affected, but if it had rained even more, or if the Marzeno, we would have hardly been able to contain the waters in the plain area; however, it is equally objective that the works carried out on the river's course have shown significant improvements in withstanding the violence of the flood".

"We are on the right track- concludes of Pascale-, but we must follow it with even greater determination and with very strong solidarity and collaboration with all institutional levels, both with regard to maintenance interventions and in the construction of structural works to secure the territory".

Assistance continues in Garfagnana and Lucca

Meanwhile in Tuscany, the The soldiers of the Castelnuovo di Garfagnana Company continue their valuable work of assistance to the population and monitoring of the territory, in collaboration with the Operations Room of the Municipal Operations Centre. The operations are concentrated in the areas affected by the critical issues due to bad weather, with targeted interventions to ensure safety and traffic flow. Numerous interventions have been carried out to deal with landslides and fallen trees that have compromised road safety. In particular, in Molazzana, in the Vescherana area, an intervention was necessary to lower the road surface, while in Gallicano the work to secure a landslide, which has been underway for several days, is causing considerable concern to the municipal technicians.

Another landslide occurred during the night along the road connecting Chifenti to Corsagna where it was necessary to close the road due to the intervention of heavy vehicles.

The most critical situation concerns the regional road 445 of Garfagnana, in the section between Ponte di Calavorno and Ponte della Fegana, where restoration work is underway for the upcoming reopening of the road.

Particular attention is also paid to the monitoring of the Serchio river, with patrols engaged in monitoring the watercourse, especially in the vicinity of the Enel dam in Borgo a Mozzano. The information collected is transmitted in real time to the Operations Room and the Prefecture of Lucca for timely management of the emergency.

Veneto: unstable weather until the early hours of tomorrow