Rescue services said on Friday that
nobody is missing at Bagnacavallo near Ravenna after initial
reports had claimed first that two and then one resident were
missing following the collapse of a house due to floods in the
area.
Earlier on Friday, Ravenna prefect Castrese De Rosa had lowered
the missing toll to one saying that Carabinieri police were
verifying the information.
Rescuers also denied reports that a person on the river bank of
Lamone had been swept away.
Meanwhile firefighters said they have carried out over 1,000
operations between Thursday and Friday with more than 250 units
at work to pump water from flooded areas, rescue stranded
residents and monitor the situation of rivers with drones and
helicopters, among other things.
Many operations focused on the area of Ravenna, with the most
critical situations reported between the towns of Bagnacavallo
and Lugo.
And on Saturday the alert level will be reduced to orange from
the extreme-weather red alert in the worst-hit areas of Bologna,
Ravenna and the provinces of Forlì and Cesena, local authorities
said.
Ther latest bulletin issued by the civil protection and local
environment protection agency Arpae said no significant weather
events were forecast on Saturday except for a few storms of
short duration and the possibility of landslides following
torrential rain over the past few days.
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