“We didn’t expect a flood like this in mid-May. It is an exceptional phenomenon due to its seasonality and its characteristics: intense downpours in a very short time, which do not allow surface water to clear away quickly. ‘We are in objective difficulty.’
This is how the president of Veneto, Luca Zaia, summarizes the bad weather emergency that has hit various areas of the region, with the opening, for the first time, of all six rolling basins in the region. Once the state of emergency has been declared, work is already underway to repair the damage, especially due to the breaching of numerous embankments. “There is concern about the forecasts – explained Zaia – which now require us to say to be very careful, and I invite citizens to move if not for what is strictly necessary and in any case away from the embankments”. According to Zaia, among the causes there is also the action on the banks of nutrias and badgers. (NPK) Source: us
