CESENA: Authorities in Ravenna issued an immediate evacuation order on Thursday (May 18) for three villages threatened by floods after heavy rains left nine people dead across northeastern Italy. Buses were being sent to help residents leave Villanova di Ravenna, Filetto and Roncalceci after the river Lamo
CESENA: Authorities in Ravenna issued an immediate evacuation order on Thursday for three villages threatened by floods after heavy rains left nine people dead across northeastern Italy.
More than 10,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and hundreds of landslides were reported, regional officials said. "We had an estimated two billion euros of damages two weeks ago ... the ground no longer absorbs anything," Bonaccini said.Italy's armed forces and the coastguard have joined the emergency effort, deploying helicopters to lift desperate residents from their homes and inflatable boats to reach houses surrounded on all sides by water.
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