US EditionItaly declares state of emergency after Cyclone Harry hits Sicily, Calabria and Sardinia
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WFMZBy NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, toured a village in southern Sicily on Wednesday where heavy cyclone rains triggered a huge landslide that caused the collapse of one end of the town, tearing down houses and forcing more than 1,500 people to evacuate. The avalanche area covered four kilometres (2.5 miles) and the Civil Protection teams created a 150-meter (yard) wide “exclusion zone.” At the Niscemi boundary…
Severe weather in Calabria: Occhiuto requests a state of emergency and €300 million in damages The President of the Calabria Region, Roberto Occhiuto, has broken his silence following the violent wave of severe weather in Calabria caused by Cyclone Harry. The situation is critical across much of the region, with structural damage affecting both the coast and the hinterland. Occhiuto confirmed that the Regional Council has already approved the of…
The first attribution study published these days shows that the climate crisis has certainly affected, enhancing it, the storm. And then what should the displaced people of Niscemi and those who have had a share of the billion of damage calculated? If a damage comes from carelessness, from negation of the causes of risk, it is not a damage. It is a wrong.
"It is the State's duty to stand by the citizens affected," declared Giuseppe Lupo, MEP for the Democratic Party (S&D), in a statement regarding Sicily, Sardinia, and Calabria, which were hit by Cyclone Harry and the landslide in the municipality of Niscemi.
While Germany is covered by snow masses, a violent storm rages in Italy. What remains behind are devastated landscapes and numerous affected fates. Also on Tuesday there is no warning.
Italy declares state of emergency after Cyclone Harry hits Sicily, Calabria and Sardinia
Government allocates €100 million for storm damage in three regions. The Italian government on Monday declared a 12-month national state of emergency for the regions of Sicily, Sardinia and Calabria following the catastrophic impact of Cyclone Harry. Niscemi following a massive landslide.
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