Rescue workers said Tuesday that they
have found the tennis shoes of Mattia Luconi, an eight-year-old
boy who is missing after last week's deadly storms and floods in
Marche.
Mattia was snatched out of his mother's arms by flood waters on
the evening of September 15 in the area of Castelleone di Suasa.
On Monday the boy's backpack was found some eight kilometers
from where he went missing.
A 56-year-old woman is also missing-feared-dead after the
storms. in which 11 people are confirmed to have died.
The storms caused massive damage too.
Ancona Chief Prosecutor Monica Garulli has said the failure to
alert in advance the towns hit by last week's deadly storms in
Marche is one of things her investigation is looking at.
"In terms of the dynamics of events, what has been found at the
moment is that there was no alert from the Marche regional
government to the towns (affected)", Garulli told RAI
televisions.
"The investigation is at an initial stage".
Some experts have said it was impossible to forecast the level
violence of the extreme weather that hit Marche last week even
though torrential rain was expected.
Scientists say climate change caused by human activity is making
extreme weather events such as these storms more frequent and
more intense.
Premier Mario Draghi linked the disaster to the climate crisis
when he visited the area on Friday.
"What happened today shows how the fight against climate change
is fundamental," he said.
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