Several people are missing and scores of cars have been washed away as devastating floods struck Italy’s Marche region after sixteen inches of rain in just seven hours.
The enormous quantity of rain at Cantiano was the second-worst amount ever recorded for Italy after the 496mm (19 inches) of rain that fell in six hours in Montenotte, Liguria, in October 2021.
In one video, individuals are seen holding umbrellas while standing waist-deep in water as floods hit the Marche area.
They are surrounded by automobiles that are immersed in murky water as it continues to rain.
The guy carrying the camera pans around to debris and other structures that are perilously close to the floods as they wade through it.
Additionally, video captures the Sentino river flooding and a sizable mud river in Sassoferrato as muddy water yesterday night surged through the streets.
People can be seen watching as the enormous wall of water strikes a structure as rescue vehicles can be seen in the distance. The flood looks to be carrying debris.
In a another video, additional lightning-fast downpours can be seen sweeping Senigallia’s streets as emergency personnel arrive.
According to Ansa, a wave of storms is now sweeping the nation and is to blame for the flooding in the Marche area.
Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Friuli Venezia Guilia, Lombardy, Liguria, and Molise are other areas that often experience storms.
It is the most recent of several extraordinary weather occurrences that have occurred in Italy this summer.
This summer’s total is 1,642, which the farmers’ group Coldiretti claimed yesterday is five times more than it was ten years ago.
On the basis of information from the European Severe Weather Database, Coldiretti provided the statistics.
The ESWD database includes information on tornadoes, torrential rain, significant hail, and lightning strikes.
According to Coldiretti, a torrential downpour cut short Italy’s long, scorching summer during which there had been a drought.
Additionally, it said that in 2022, the number of severe weather events had damaged agriculture to the tune of more than six billion euros, or 10% of the value of national output.
The farmer’s association continued, “We are facing the clear consequences of climate change, where exceptional atmospheric events are now the norm in Italy as well, with a tendency towards tropicalization manifest in more frequent violent events, seasonal shifts, short, intense precipitation, the quick transition from sunny to bad weather, with significant temperature changes that threaten crops, with the loss of production and damage to structure and infrastructure in the area.