Two people are missing in
Emilia-Romagna floods caused by torrential rain, Deputy
Transport Minister Galeazzo Bignami told a press conference on
the situation at Palazzo Chici in Rome Thursday.
"The pair are missing at Bagnacavallo (near Ravenna) after a
roof where they had taken shelter collapsed," he said.
Bagnacavallo Mayor Matteo Giacomoni told ANSA: "We are working
to save all the people we can. It's not a nice situation".
He said the river Lamone had broken its banks at Traversara
causing widespread flooding.
People are being rescued from rooftops, he said.
Ravenna Provincial President Michele de Pascale said the river
breaking its banks "has caused an extremely strong situation of
danger in all the territory north of the Lamone both at
Bagnacvallo and Ravenna."
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