Emilia Romagna Region requests state of emergency due to bad weather at the end of June

The President of the Region, Stefano Bonaccini, ha signed and sent to the President of the Council of Ministers the request for resolution of the state of emergency of national importance for the “exceptional adverse weather conditions and the resulting damage” that have affected the entire regional territory, a excluding the provinces of Ravenna and Rimini, between 20 and the 29 June 2024.

The request was also sent for information to the Ministry for Civil Protection and to the Head of the Civil Protection Department, Fabrizio Curcio.

The survey of the damage and the subsequent investigation were completed in a very short time. The damage estimate for the public sector is 230 million euros.

The wave of bad weather saw its most severe peak between June 23 and 25. First with scattered thunderstorms, then from the morning of Monday 24th with intense rainfall starting from the Apennine areas of Modena, Reggio Emilia and Parma. In total, values ​​above 150 mm were measured over the three days in the mountain basin of Parma, with peaks exceeding 180-200 mm on the border with the Reggio Emilia area.

La average areal rain fell only on June 24th results be the highest value among those available from 1961 to today.

The watercourses affected by the most significant floods were the Parma, the Enza, the Crostolo, the Secchia and the Panaro. THE floodsthey also have recorded peak levels higher than historical maximums in many sections of smaller waterways such as the Rossena and the Tresinaro, tributaries of Drya, and on other streams and canals in the affected territories, causing flooding and flooding.

The floods on the Secchia are more contained, thanks to the lamination exerted by the expansion tank, and on the Panaro, thanks to the effect of another expansion tank. They finally occurred hundreds of landslides, small landslides, widespread runoff on the slopes which caused several interruptions to the provincial road network and municipal, with isolation of localities, settlements and scattered houses, making some evacuations necessary.