At least seven people are dead and three more are missing after 16 inches of rain fell in only two hours in the central Italian region of Marche, creating disastrous flooding.
The streets of many cities in the provinces of Ancona and Pesaro-Urbino were inundated by 16 inches of rain that poured within two hours on Thursday night, despite the fact that local authorities had not anticipated such a sudden “water bomb.”
Firefighters were seen navigating the streets of the seaside village Senigallia on rafts to rescue and evacuate residents, while others sought to clear a debris-filled underpass.
The authorities were quoted as claiming that rescue workers were still seeking for survivors in local media.
On Friday, strong rains slammed the east coast of the Marche region in Senigallia, Italy, and flooded a street, where rescue workers rescued individuals in a dinghy boat.
Authorities rescue elderly people from their homes and transfer them on a dinghy boat after torrential rains pounded the Marche area on Friday.
A clip released on Telegram depicts individuals knee-deep in water clutching umbrellas as the Marche area is ravaged by flooding.
Another video depicts people knee-deep in water while holding umbrellas as the Marche region was ravaged by flooding.
As the rain continues to fall, they are surrounded by submerged automobiles.
As they wade through it, the camera operator pans around to reveal debris and buildings perilously close to the inundation.
People and rescue cars can be seen in the background in footage depicting a massive downpour of debris-laden water crashing onto a structure in Sentino.
Another video depicts additional torrential downpours flooding the streets of Senigallia as emergency personnel arrive on the site.
The Marche region’s flooding is part of a spate of storms sweeping the country.
Other regions suffering storms are Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Fruili Venezia Guilia, Lombardy, Liguria and Molise.
Friday in Senigallia, Italy, rescue personnel arrive in a dinghy on a flooded street after heavy rains battered the east coast of the Marche province.
Footage also reveals a massive mud river in Sassoferrato and a flooded Sentino river as filthy water raced through the streets last night.
It is the most recent in a string of extraordinary weather occurrences that have occurred in Italy this summer.
Farmers organization Coldiretti stated Wednesday that this summer’s total of 1,642 is five times that of a decade ago.
The results were given by Coldiretti based on information from the European Severe Weather Database.
The ESWD database includes information regarding tornadoes, severe rainfall, huge hail, and lightning strikes.
Automobiles may be seen submerged in vast amounts of water as people hold umbrellas next to the flooded road.
According to Coldiretti, the long, dry summer in Italy was interrupted by heavy rains.
In addition, it was stated that extreme weather events cost more than six billion euros in damages to agriculture in 2022, which is equivalent to ten percent of the value of national produce.
The farmer’s association added, ‘We are facing the clear consequences of climate change, where exceptional atmospheric events are now the norm in Italy, with a tendency towards tropicalisation manifest in more frequent violent events, seasonal shifts, short, intense precipitations, the quick passage from sunshine to bad weather, with significant temperature changes that compromise crops, with the loss of production and damage to structure and infrastructure in the agricultural sector.
Meanwhile, the leader of Italy’s center-left Democratic Party (PD) said on Twitter that the party would cease campaigning in the region prior to the national election on September 25.
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