Persistent, heavy rain led Italian authorities to place the Emilia Romagna region under a red threat-level warning. Photos show the deadly impact of floods in the region:
reported that the country’s deputy chief of the Civil Protection agency, Titti Postiglione, said that rescue operations for those needing emergency evacuations were particularly difficult given so many roads and routes were flooded and phone service interrupted.
Extreme weather events have been on the rise in Italy. In 2022, the hottest year on record in Italy, 310 extreme weather events were registered, resulting in the deaths of 29 people, according toFormula 1’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix was set to be held in Imola this weekend , but was canceled, with the organization saying in a Twitteron May 17th that they did not want to burden the emergency services in the region as they deal with extreme weather conditions.
Italy’s deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, had called for the race to be postponed as the extreme weather conditions hit the region. He said in ait was “imperative to concentrate all efforts on coping with the emergency”, and avoid a traffic overload in an area still in need of relief. The area’s electricity and cell phone networks have also been severely affected.
The Formula 1 season features a globe-spanning circuit that travels from country to country on a tight schedule. One leg was held in Miami two weeks ago and the circuit will move on to Monaco by the end of the month. It is unclear if the event in Italy will be rescheduled. If it is not, the circuit will have 22 F1 races this year, rather than setting a record as planned with 23.
A collapsed bridge can be seen in the aftermath of a heavy rain that hit Italy's northern Emilia-Romagna region, in Budrio near Bologna, on May 17.IPA/Sipa USA/ReutersAlessandro Serrano—AGF/Shutterstock
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