Emergency in Veneto, hit by a wave of bad weather since Wednesday 15 May. “A flood in mid-May was not what we expected. We are in a moment of objective difficulty. We are absolutely faced with an unusual event”, “the crisis unit was established and a state of emergency was declared emergency”, said the President of the Region Luca Zaia. In the meantime, the firefighters’ activity continues in the area, covered by water and mud in many areas. Critical situation in many cities and provinces such as Padua, Vicenza, Rovigo, Treviso, Venice and Verona.
The Civil Protection of Veneto has declared a “red” state of alarm due to hydrogeological and hydraulic criticality across a large part of the regional territory, valid from 12.00 today to 2.00 pm tomorrow. As regards the hydraulic criticality, the red alert concerns the Alto Brenta-Bacchiglione-Alpone and Basso Brenta-Bacchiglione basins, and the orange pre-alarm concerns the Livenza, Lemene and Tagliamento basins; yellow state of attention on the rest of the basins, except the upper Piave (green). As regards hydrogeological criticality, the state of red alert is in the Po, Fissero-Tartaro-Canal Bianco and Basso Adige basins; of the Lower Brenta-Bacchiglione; of the Lower Piave, Sile and the lagoon drainage basin; the orange pre-alarm status in all the rest of the regional basins. The hydrogeological warning for thunderstorms in all the river basins of the Veneto is maximum, with the exception of the upper Piave area of Belluno.
