While the world is still on the path of recovering from the horrors of COVID, especially in Italy, the flash flood took at least 7 lives on Thursday in the Marche region. The Italian media reported on Thursday that at least 7 people lost their lives when the 'unusual' heavy rain hit the central Italian region of Marche. Apart from killing 7 people, many have been reported missing in the Italy flash flood in Marche. The Italy flash flood has been called the 'water bomb' by the locals who actually faced the natural disaster.
Multiple locals were quoted by the Italian media who stated that they did not expect a sudden and shocking 'water bomb'. Reports suggest that 420 millimeters of rain fell within two to three hours, inundating the streets of several towns in the Ancona and Pesaro-Urbino provinces. After the Italy flash floods claimed 7 lives and inundated the Marche region rescuers came into action and started search operations.
As per Italian news portal Tg La 7 report, "MALTEMPO : Potrebbero esserci dei dispersi a Cantiano, un paese delle Marche con poco piu' di 2.000 abitanti, colpito da un fortissimo nubifragio che ha trasformato le strade in veri e propri torrenti e trascinato via auto. Non si tratta di persone scomparse, ma che al momento non sono state rintracciate. I telefoni non funzionano e il sindaco Alessandro Piccini ha lanciato un appello via social, invitando i cittadini a restare in casa. In alcune zone l'acqua e' arrivata ai primi piani (translated as- There could be some missing people in Cantiano, a town in the Marche with just over 2,000 inhabitants, hit by a very strong storm that transformed the streets into real streams and dragged away cars.) Furthermore, the Italian media stated that missing people are not traced as phones are not working. As a result mayor Alessandro Piccini has appealed on social media urging citizens to stay at home.
Non si tratta di persone scomparse, ma che al momento non sono state rintracciate. I telefoni non funzionano e il sindaco Alessandro Piccini ha lanciato un appello via social, invitando i cittadini a restare in casa. In alcune zone l'acqua e' arrivata ai primi piani. pic.twitter.com/OdvUm9BP8q
— Tg La7 (@TgLa7) September 15, 2022
There are many videos going viral in the context of Italy's flash flood. Here are some of them-
Flash flood hits #Marche region (central #Italy) - video @TgLa7 #flashflood pic.twitter.com/PoLijrWqU0
— Domenico Chiarella (@nocode_dc) September 16, 2022
JUST IN 🚨 Dozens of vehicles swept away by flood waters in Cantiano in Italy’s Marche region pic.twitter.com/H8liChcNUD
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 15, 2022
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