"Reality has exceeded the worst forecasts," says President of Emilia-Romagna Stefano Bonaccini. Dozens of rivers have overflowed or broken their banks, many areas are flooded, thousands of people evacuated.
New floods are expected overnight and the weather forecast says that a lot of rain will still fall, at least until tomorrow afternoon. In almost the entire area from Rimini to Bologna, schools will be closed and rail traffic will be interrupted. In many areas, even those not directly affected by flooding, there are power outages.