A 5 month old baby and his grandmother They have been missing since Monday evening after the floods that shook the Tuscany region in central Italy, as reported by firefighters. A situation resulting from the torrential rains that have hit the region in recent hours.
Both were swept away by the swollen torrent. Sterza in Montecatini Val di Cecinain the province of Pisa. While the father, mother and grandfather were able to reach safety on the roof of the house, explained the rescue teams, who also had to rescue several foreign tourists.
The President of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani, reported on social media the bad weather that hit the central part of the region on Monday evening. “Two provincial roads of Castagneto Carducci are interrupted by problems on the bridge over the Bolgheri ditch. Some roads near the Sterza stream are closed to traffic. Enel technicians are working to reactivate the environment 700 users left without electricity” he explained.
“I thank our entire Civil Protection system in Tuscany which is still operational with volunteers and technicians, local authority agents, firefighters and police forces who work tirelessly,” he concluded. For her part, the mayor
of Castagneto Carducci, Sandra Scarpellini, asked the population to did not leave their house faced the heaviest rains since 1928.
Rescues of people in precarious situations are also being carried out in the provinces of Florence, Lucca and Massa Carrara. Torrential rains have affected the Po Valley, in Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio and Campaniawhile this Tuesday the disturbance will move towards the east, affecting again the north-east as well as Lombardy.
