Schools, museums and libraries
reopening in Cesena - one of the towns worst hit by the extreme
weather that claimed 14 lives in Emilia Romagna last week - as a
hiatus in the rainfall and the gradual receding of the
floodwaters allowed a return to normality for some.
However the situation remained critical in many places, and on
Monday 879 firefighters, including 696 reinforcements, were
still engaged in rescue operations: 244 in the province of Forli
and 326 in the province of Ravenna.
To date, firefighters have carried out 4,963 interventions since
the start of the emergency: 1,148 in the province of Bologna,
2,089 in Ravenna, 1,362 in Forlì Cesena and 364 in Rimini.
In Forlì 26 people had to be evacuated from a residential
building on Sunday night after a sinkhole opened up as a result
of the flooding.
Meanwhile the regional chapter of farmers' association
Coldiretti launched a fundraiser to support farmers and agrifood
businesses affected by the flooding and landslide emergency.
"The fields are still under water, landslides have devastated
the territory, and thousands of companies have suffered very
serious damage, when they have not disappeared altogether," said
regional Coldiretti president Nicola Bertinelli.
"In all this, so many of our members and their families still
fear for their safety," he added.
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