Tuscany flooding torrential rains: schools remain closed!

In Italy, the weather turns into a dangerous scenario! Heavy rains met the Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna regions on Friday, which rose the main rivers over the flood market marks. The cities of Florence and Pisa are particularly affected, where the Arno River has reached alarming levels. In Pisa, the water level is five meters, while Florence is fighting 4.05 meters. The fire brigade reported that the locks were opened in order to master the impending danger, the locks were opened. In Sesto Fiorentino, too, the local rivers came across the banks and flooded the streets, which was classified as a critical situation by the authorities.

Because of these extraordinary weather conditions, the city administration in Florence had to take drastic measures. The Uffizi as well as schools, parks and cemeteries were closed prematurely. These precautionary steps were also implemented in more than 60 municipalities of Tuscany, while all ferry connections to the island of Elba were discontinued. In the province of Lucca there were finally reports on landslides that blocked the connection to the Apenninberg Abetone. In addition, the meteorological services announced further precipitation for the weekend, which could still exacerbate the situation, such as "https://abcnews.go.com/international/Wirestory/italys-pisa-pisa-heavy-heavy-heavy--floods-119798709"> Abcnews.go.com presented.

Support for those affected

The Italian government under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has spoken out in response to these grievances. It was solidarity with the citizens affected by the storm and assured support for the numerous people who suffer from the consequences of the floods. A review of the past few years has been worried: The Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna have already been hit by extreme weather pollution several times, which led to bad floods and unfortunately also to losses among the inhabitants, such as Kleinezeitung.at reported.