17 le victims And 8.5 billion in certified damages to the European Union and caused by landslides and floods that occurred in May 2023. Damage to private individuals, infrastructure, businesses and the agricultural sector. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced. Here are the numbers of the flood and a balance sheet for the Emilia Romagna Region one year later.
The first aid: CAS (Contribution for independent accommodation) and CIS (Immediate support contribution)
The Contribution for independent accommodation (Cas) was created to support those who had lost their homes due to floods or landslides. It is the first measure made possible with the funds of the Civil Protection ordinances signed by the Extraordinary Government Commissioner (Bonaccini), then under the jurisdiction of Extraordinary Commissioner for Reconstruction (General Figliuolo). Until last August, when Figliuolo took office, they had been paid 7.6 million euros (7,637,342 euros) and beyond 9 thousand families (9,371).
The Are you there (Immediate support contribution), intended for families whose main home was flooded or directly affected by landslides and mudslides, is still being provided.
23,665 advances paid so far (3 thousand euro each), for a total amount of 70 million and 995 thousand EUR. The total of the balances instead is equal to 17,514for a total amount of 31 million And 930 thousand EUR. These are the numbers of the immediate support contribution (CIS), provided for by the order of the head of the Civil Protection Department, Fabrizio Curcio (n. 999 of 31 May), shared with the President of the Region.
Financed through the resources of National Emergency Fund of the Department, the CIS has foreseen a first payment of 3 thousand euros (deposit), which the citizen has undertaken to definitively report for the request for the balance. The overall amount of this first compensation, in fact, can reach up to 5 thousand eurosmore further 750 euros as a contribution to the expenses related to the preparation of the sworn appraisal.
The reimbursement covers the costs of cleaning and removing water, mud and debris, interventions on structural and plant elements, furniture, household appliances, but also – for the first time in a disaster situation – the purchase of clothing, dishes and utensils, and any educational material for the children. For the first time, the national Department, at the request of the Region, used the mechanism of immediately advancing the money and then paying the balance with reporting. Given the urgency, we worked to debureaucratize the procedures as much as possible: it was sufficient to submit an application for a deposit, the Municipality had to certify that the applicant lived in a flooded area to allow the payment of the money.
“Help for Emilia-Romagna”: the Region’s fundraising
Over 52 million of euros donated. This is how much “Help for Emilia-Romagna” amounts to, the fundraiser started immediately by the Region, to which many people responded generously, together with associations, businesses, artisans, companies, trade unions, economic and professional categories, orders and confessions religious, large industrial groups, companies and representatives of all sectors, from culture to sport.
At this link the use of each euro collected is reported, as the funded initiatives and projects are defined. Of the over 52 million, 27 million are the total package of contributions for those who have had the vehicle – car, motorcycle, moped – destroyed, or even just damaged, by the flood. At the moment approximately 5,600 requests for contributions for almost 19 million of Euro; already liquidated more than 5.5 million euros.
Out of the total amount donated, 5 million have been assigned to the Municipalities for families And people in difficulty; 5.1 million at businesses; Almost 10 million to the citizens and families also to reimburse costs for the construction of protection systems such as bulkheads and barriers e 5.4 million of euros to restore infrastructure for young people, sport And spaces of culture.
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Agriculture
Almost 1 billion euros in damages: it is the “bill” of the May 2023 flood for the regional agricultural system. THE funds which we have been able to count on so far for the agricultural sector are one third of the direct and indirect damages ascertained, and amount to 325 million euros. 106 million have been allocated to the Solidarity Fund of the Italian Regions. With law 100/2023, 50 million euros were made available for damage to plant production through the national AgriCat platform, and 50 million euros for livestock and landslide damage.
Furthermore, the European Crisis Fundco-financed by the Government, has made available another 100 million euros: with these resources, the national paying agency Agea has already made payments for a total of 99 million to agricultural businesses. There Regionfor his part, he guaranteed 21 million euros by the Rural Development Program for the productive restoration of soils.
Tourism
In the aftermath of the flood that hit a large part of the territory and especially Romagna, the Region, allocating resources for over 950 thousand euro, it immediately equipped itself to to invite And welcome tourists for the summer season, absolutely insecurity. We started with a series of campaigns, aimed mainly at the German market. Among the other financed campaigns are those on spas, amusement parks and the Pink Night.
Construction sites: rivers and roads
From the first very urgent interventions on the river banks to the consolidation works on the unstable slopes close to the inhabited areas, up to the improvement of the flow conditions of the watercourses. I am 402 the construction sites headed by the Regional Agency for Territorial Security and Civil Protection affecting the affected provinces of Ravenna, Forlì-Cesena, Rimini, Bologna, Ferrara, Modena And Reggio Emilia. Of these, 130 have already been completed, 158 those in progress e 114 in planning. All for a total investment of approximately 343 million of euros, including emergency sums, emergencies, advance regional planning and programming from other sources.
The interventions Of great urgency headed by the Regional Agency for Territorial Security and Civil Protection are in all 66 For over 97 million euros (orders 6 and 19 of the Extraordinary Commissioner). Three interventions (for around 3 million) are under construction, all the others have already been completed.
The urgent interventions on riversall in progress, always in the hands of the Agency, are 152 For over 137 million (orders 8 and 15 of the Extraordinary Commissioner). They will be added to these further 56 interventions for a total amount of around 140 million.
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On the site dedicated weball information, documents and ordinances, the map of the construction sites and the series of video created that tell (through the technicians) the work done along the river banks. Four further videos are also online, relating to Idice, Sillaro, Ronco And Savio/Borello.
In addition to the Agency for Territorial Security and Civil Protection, there are others 298 interventions (of which 148 have already been completed) of hydraulic defense for 267.5 million of euros always financed by the ordinances of the Commissioner AI Reclamation Consortia. Others 78 interventions are the responsibility of AiPo (Interregional Agency for the Po River) for 39.2 million.
As for the road connectionsthe interventions are in everything 3,369For 793.5 million euros, held by various entities (first of all Municipalities, Metropolitan Cities and Provinces).
May 2023: the forces in the field
They operated daily in the area concerned over 10 thousand units of the National Civil Protection Serviceincluding 1,141 firefighters, 455 Army and Navy soldiers, 926 carabinieri, 70 coast guards, 592 state policemen, 159 financial police, 442 Red Cross units, 851 national volunteers (for assistance to the population, scouting and rescue ), 764 regional volunteers and others.
THE Fire fighters they carried out almost 12 thousand interventions with 350 vehicles (including 6 helicopters); 26 helicopters were provided by Armed forces, together with 109 vehicles, 45 inflatable boats, 22 excavators and 7 motor pumps. There port authorities contributed 3 helicopters, one plane, 2 boats and 12 divers, the 118 with 4 ei helicopters carabinieri with 2. The control of the territory has also been strengthened with anti-profiteering teams made up of carabinieri and financial police. These units were supported by technicians and officials from Municipalities, Provinces and Prefectures, from local authorities and from the regional civil protection structure. This led to coordination over 1,300 vehicles and 29 helicopters deployed on the same day.
For the emergency they intervened further 14,300 Civil Protection volunteersof these approximately half (7,650) of the Emilia-Romagna coordinations. 5,130 volunteers were guaranteed from the 13 regional mobile columns involved: Tuscany, Lombardy, Marche, Veneto, Liguria, Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Piedmont, Umbria, Lazio, Valle d’Aosta, Abruzzo, Trento and Bolzano. The others 1,520 they refer to national organizations.
With the activation of European Civil Protection Mechanism, offers from 9 member countries were registered in a short time, based on geographical proximity; accept offers from Slovakia, Slovenia, France And Belgium. The Slovak and Slovenian modules reached the affected area on 22 May and began operations at the Magni canal in Ravenna. The French arrived in the night between 22 and 23 May and operated in the same place. The Belgian module, activated subsequently, went to Conselice, supported by the others who in the meantime had concluded the operations in Ravenna. In particular, the following were supplied: 38 Slovenian units, 25 Slovak units, 41 French and 14 Belgian units. In total 118 men and 55 vehicles.
Assistance to the population
The The maximum peak of 36,600 displaced people was reached on 20 May; have been activated 54 first reception centres hosted within gyms, schools, civic centers and convents. They joined these 52 accommodation facilities between hotels, farmhouses and B&Bs. Also operational 10 mobile emergency kitchens. From May 19th the green number for emergencies, active 7 days a week from 8am to 8pm, which recorded over 7 thousand calls. Furthermore, the very first support measures were activated immediately: Immediate support contribution (Cis) and Independent accommodation contribution (Cas).
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