Two people were killed Thursday, 18 injured and 100 others evacuated, during a storm that snatched trees and roofs across Tuscany, the Italian region said.
The Civil Protection Agency has prepared emergency accommodation in schools and gyms for people forced to leave their homes after strong winds and torrential rains whip the region between the coast and the tourist city of Florence, killing a man in Lucca and a woman in Carrara. Both were victims of falling trees, according to local media.
Four people were injured by falling trees at the Marina Di Massa campsite by the sea, while another four were taken to hospital in the medieval town of Barga after the car they were in crashed into a torn roof, according to reported the venue. Tuscany news site on Diretta. Ten other people were slightly injured during this bad weather.
Much of Italy affected by storms
According to experts, climate change due to human activity is increasing the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as heat waves, droughts and forest fires, but also storms accompanied by heavy rains.
Much of the peninsula is affected by these storms: some fragments of the bell tower of the Basilica of San Marco in Venice fell like this on Thursday.
The city of Milan has decided to close the city’s parks on Friday and asked citizens not to park by car or on foot under trees and to make sure that nothing on their balconies can fall.
Lazio, the region of Rome, has also predicted from Thursday night and throughout Friday showers accompanied by strong winds in its territory.
Source: BFM TV
