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Italy: major floods in the Marche region, at least six dead and three missing

A deluge hit several towns in the center of the country. Rai, the main Italian public audiovisual group, citing a Civil Protection spokesman, announces the death of at least six people.

The images are impressive and dramatic. The Marche region of central Italy was hit by heavy rain overnight from Thursday to Friday, leading to massive flooding.

This dramatic meteorological episode caused the death of at least six people, indicates tonight rai newswebsite of the Italian public audiovisual group.

According to the media, which broadcasts the words of Luigi D’Angelo, of the Italian Civil Protection, in just a few hours “about 420 millimeters of rain” fell.

“An emergency”

the Ray indicates that four people died in Ostra, one in Trecastelli and another in Barbara, in the province of Ancona.

“We are in an emergency situation,” wrote the Facebook account of the town of Senigallia, on the coast, shortly before three in the afternoon. The Misa River, which runs through the town of 44,000 inhabitants, “has reached its peak,” according to this source.

A little less than a hundred kilometers to the west, in the town of Cantiano, the images of the floods quickly went viral on social networks. You can see cars carried by the waves and impressive torrents in the streets of the city.

>> More info to come at BFMTV.com

Author: Ariel Guez
Source: BFM TV

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