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2023 Emilia-Romagna floods

The 2023 Emilia-Romagna floods were a series of floods in and around the cities of Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, and Rimini, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.[1] The first floods happened between 2 and 3 May 2023, killing two people.[2] Heavy secondary floods happened on 16–17 May 2023, killing at least 14 people and displacing 20,000 others.[3][4] The usual amount of rain that falls in seven months fell in two weeks which made twenty-three rivers to overflow causing the floods.[5][6]

2023 Emilia-Romagna floods
How long: 2-3 May 2023
16-17 May 2023
Deaths: 17
Damages: 50,000+ removed
Areas affected: Bologna, Cesena, Faenza, Forlì, Ravenna, Rimini

Effects

On 17 May, Stefano Bonaccini, the president of Emilia-Romagna said that "in the last 24 hours, more than 300 millimeters of rain have fallen" and described the floods as a "catastrophic event, never seen before".[7]Later on, Bonaccini compared it the impact to the 2012 Emilia earthquakes, saying that the damage was likely to be less significant but would still cost the region billions of euros to repair.[8] Lucia Mercalli, president of the Italian Meteorological Society, said that "two records were broken in 15 days in the same region. An event that occurred on 2 May might happen once in a century, but then other one hit the same areas only 15 days later."[9]

Relief Efforts

Emergency operations were carried out in response to the flood, including members of the Italian Red Cross, various armed and police forces, Protezione Civile[10] and the Carabinieri.[11] The state-owned energy company Enel made a task-force that would cooperate with local companies and forces to restore electricity to the affected areas.[12][13]

2023 Emilia-Romagna Floods Media

  • Italysediment oli 2023124.jpg

    Sediments of the floods in the Adriatic Sea seen from Landsat 8 on 4 May 2023

  • Minerva 2023-05-17 and Italy floods.jpg

    Storm Minerva on 16 May 2023

  • Emilia-Romagna floods satellite (cropped).png

    The extent of the floods on 18–20 May 2023

  • Alluvione Emilia-Romagna 2023.jpg

    A flooded area in Molinella, Bologna

  • Frana a Mongardino.jpg

    A landslide in Sasso Marconi, near Bologna

  • Isola(to).jpg

    Una foto aerea di una casa completamente allagata e isolata a seguito dell'alluvione del maggio 2023 che ha colpito l'Emilia Romagna

  • P061209-351187.jpg

    European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen speaking with a survivor in Cesena

  • P061212-16702.jpg

    Aerial view of the floods near Ravenna

  • Strade allagate.jpg

    A man walking in a completely flooded street

  • Sergio Mattarella Forlì 2023.jpg

    Italian President Sergio Mattarella visiting Forlì on 30 May

References

  1. ↑ Povoledo, Elisabetta (2023-05-17). "'Catastrophic' Floods in Italy Leave 8 Dead and Thousands Homeless" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/italy-flooding-emilia-romagna.html. Retrieved 2023-05-18. 
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  9. ↑ Giuffrida, Angela (2023-05-18). "Death toll mounts in Italy's worst flooding for 100 years" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/18/italy-worst-flooding-in-100-years-emilia-romagna. Retrieved 2023-05-26. 
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