An eight-year-old boy, a 56-year-old woman and a man from the municipality of Arcevia are wanted. According to the authorities, ten dead and 150 evacuated people are the preliminary balance of the storms that have hit the region. Eight-year-old Mattia was searched for by helicopters in the Castelleone di Suasa area near the Adriatic port city of Ancona. “The Nevola torrent flooded our area, Mattia was driving home with his mother in the car when a wave of water hit them. The mother got out of the car and tried to save herself with her son by the hand, but they were both killed Water and mud swept away. We found the mother on a heap of rubble, but there was no trace of the child,” said the mayor of Castelleone di Suasa, Carlo Manfredi, according to the media.
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Water supply partially restored
Firefighters, who have also traveled from other Italian regions, civil protection and other rescue workers were continuously on duty on Saturday night to help the evacuees and people who were injured or whose houses were destroyed by water and mud. Water supplies to homes and businesses, which had been disrupted in several areas since Friday, have been partially restored.
Streets and houses in the provinces of Ancona and Pesaro Urbino were flooded, and numerous cars were washed away after severe storms on Friday night. Within two hours, 400 millimeters of rain fell, as much as it normally does in six months. In several districts of Ancona, electricity and telephones failed, and schools remained closed. A video from the fire brigade showed emergency services in the city of Senigallia with water up to their waists. They searched the city for people in need with a rubber dinghy.
Dozens of people rescued from trees and rooftops
The fire brigade has already counted 400 calls. Dozens of people were rescued from trees or roofs. Rescue operations in the disaster area were particularly hampered by roads blocked by fallen trees and landslides.
Throughout the night, emergency services, including firefighters and civil defense helpers, tried to get people to safety in the affected areas. Residents of the Misa River communities were asked to either leave their homes or to retreat to higher floors. At least 50 people were injured. Prime Minister Mario Draghi visited the most affected communities on Friday afternoon and met civil defense chief Fabrizio Curcio.
Source: Nachrichten
