State of emergency declared after storm hits Italy

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Italy State of emergency declared for southern region after devastating disaster storm Last week, financial aid was promised quickly to rebuild roads and businesses.

Severe cases weather Bringing relentless rain, strong winds and waves up to 9 meters (30 feet) high sicilySardinia and Calabria for two days, pushing water inland and overwhelming coastal defenses.

Official estimates put the damage at more than 1 billion euros ($1.19 billion), but despite the scale of the damage, no casualties have been reported.

Civil Protection Minister Nelo Musumechi confirmed that the government of Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni has allocated an initial €100 million to meet urgent needs in the worst-hit areas.

“In the coming days, the government will introduce a new inter-ministerial measure to restore and rebuild damaged infrastructure,” Musumechi said.

sicily Local authorities said last week that the island alone had suffered damage worth about 740 million euros, but the island’s governor, Renato Schifani, warned on Monday that the final amount could be twice that.

A dockyard in Marsaskala, Malta, was severely hit by Hurricane Harry, and some yachts were overturned by strong winds and huge waves. (Reuters/Darlin Zamit Lupi)

Seawater flooded streets in popular areas near Taormina, damaging infrastructure such as wastewater treatment facilities and raising concerns about the upcoming tourist season. In Catania, a section of sidewalk collapsed on the seafront.

Ground subsidence, possibly caused by severe weather weathernow threatening the central town of Nishemi sicilyAbout 1,000 people had to evacuate their homes, the civil protection agency said in a statement.

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Sardinia was also hit hard. Beniamino Garau, mayor of Capoteira in the south of the island, said the seawater had pushed about 100 meters inland.

In Calabria, the regional government said storm One of them “causing significant damage to agricultural businesses…with serious consequences for the rural economy” Italyleast developed regions.

extreme weather event has become more frequently exist Italy recent years. Flooding has devastated cities across the country, killed dozens of people and heightened the risk of landslides and floods in areas that have historically been less at risk.

However, locals said the regional civil defense alert was in storm Convince people to stay home to prevent any death or serious injury.