In the light of photoelectrics , the searches in Senigalliese, in the province of Ancona, of the three missing after the wave of bad weather that hit the area two nights ago
have gone on all night, so far without success, in the light of photoelectrics
.
Last night the Prefecture of Ancona updated the list to
10 victims and 3 missing
.
The first was joined by an 80-year-old whose body was taken out yesterday afternoon from the Esino river, in another part of the province.
The elder would not have been carried away by the flood, but would have slipped into the water in the locality of Angeli di Rosora.
The missing drop to 3 because in the meantime the body of 17-year-old Noemi Bartolucci has been identified, traced a few kilometers away from the place where she was dragged away by the force of the water to Barbara, while trying to save herself together with her mother and to his brother in two cars.
The 23-year-old brother identified the body, while his mother
Brunella Chiù
, 56, is still missing.
And Mattia
remains among the missing
, 8 years old, snatched from his mother's arms while they were fleeing after having abandoned the car in Castelleone di Suasa, and
another man from Arcevi
a.
"We hope that the water goes down again - the comment of the mayor of Barbara Marco Pasqualini -, today I will ask for the intervention of the dog unit".
The firefighters - who also come from Lombardy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna and Abruzzo - civil protection and other rescuers are also working incessantly to provide aid to displaced persons and people who have suffered damage or have had houses uninhabitable due to the water and mud.
Hundreds of displaced people: over 100 spent the night in a reception center set up by Caritas in Senigallia.
Instead, the water service inside homes and businesses that had been interrupted in various areas since yesterday morning would be partially back active.
Also yesterday, Prime Minister Mario Draghi visited the affected areas and expressed closeness to the populations, in addition to the announcement of the launch of the declaration of a state of emergency and the arrival of the first funds.
"It's a disaster. We will do everything possible"
he said during a visit to Pianello di Ostra, the town that recorded the greatest damage and 4 victims.
Today the biggest concern is for the weather, as a new wave of bad weather is expected.
State of yellow alert throughout the Marche region: the Multirisk Functional Center of the Regional Civil Protection recommends that citizens "avoid traveling in case of rain".
RESEARCH
The searches for people still missing are concentrated in the areas around Serra de 'Conti and Barbara.
Firefighters, mountain rescue and civil protection in action.
In Serra de 'Conti, a 47-year-old from Arcevia (Ancona) is looking for whose car, an Opel Corsa, had already been found in the Misa river after being swallowed by water: there has been no news of the man since that evening.
In the Barbara area, rescuers look for the child Mattia Luconi, 8 years old, swallowed by Nevola while he was with his mother on the road that connects Ripalta (Arcevia) and Corinaldese;
they got out of the car, overwhelmed by the wave of the river, but the mother Silvia Mereu, pharmacist, then recovered and taken to hospital, had not been able to hold back her son by the force of the water.
In the same area, we look for Brunella Chiù who together with her 23-year-old son Simone Bartolucci and her daughter Noemi Bartolucci, 17, had been dragged away by Nevola while trying to leave the house by car: Simone saved himself by clinging to a plant for over two hours while the 17-year-old died and the body has already been recovered.
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'FIRST 5 MILLION AID'
The Council of Ministers
approved a state of emergency for the Marche Region, approving an initial loan of 5 million.
"It is a disaster. We will do everything possible," said the prime minister, Mario Draghi, on a visit to Pianello di Ostra, in the province of Ancona.
"We will do everything necessary - he continued -. We embrace you all, we are close to you and you can count on us".
"Of course there is a hydrogeological problem," said Draghi.
"What happened today shows how the fight against climate change is fundamental", said the premier, meeting with journalists.
"
There have been moments of terror
, with truly extraordinary quantities of water".
Thus the head of the Civil Protection Fabrizio Curcio after the meeting in the prefecture in Ancona which was also attended by the heads of the firefighters, the head of department Laura Lega and the head of the body Giorgio Parisi.
"
It rained in a few hours a third
of what it normally rains in these areas in a year - he adds - and in some areas it rained twice as much as it rains in summer. It was a quantity of water that poured into the territories in a sudden manner, bringing havoc and death ".
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150 people are displaced,
the Prefecture of Ancona announces in a note, explaining that "most of these people are in the municipality of Senigallia, but the number is growing".
"In this regard - the press release reads - dedicated prevention and control services have been set up by the police on the evacuated buildings".
Other possible evacuations are also under consideration.
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Others to the victims, there is currently incalculable damage
.
The river Misa, in flood due to the violent rains of this night, also broke the stone balustrades of the Garibaldi bridge in the historic center of Senigallia.
In the heart of the town of the Marche, the damage caused by debris, branches and mud, dragged by the stream, is visible.
Many citizens are working to empty flooded cellars and shops.
Witnesses report that they have never seen "such a thing".
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Meanwhile, the controversy over the lack of alarm is mounting.
"The bulletins are published, there is a warning theme. It is quite evident that the event, as it took place, was much much worse than what had been expected", explained the head of the Civil Protection. Fabrizio Curcio, responding to those who asked him if a weather alert had been given.
"Now we have to focus on things to do now - he added - The theme of the alert will need to be explored but it is a fact that the event was much greater than what was originally planned".
