Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan: Coup plot by senior cleric foiled
Iranian MP Alireza Salimi: The Shura Council has approved a resolution to suspend Iran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Political aide to the governor of Gilan Province in northern Iran: Air defenses in Rasht shot down a small hostile drone flying over the city
Israeli media: The presence of General Qaani at the “victory celebrations” in Tehran puts an end to the rumors and earlier reports claiming he had been assassinated
Israeli media: There is division within the US administration itself over the extent of what the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities actually achieved
Israeli media: US intelligence also says Iran’s centrifuges remained largely intact
Israeli media: Netanyahu and Trump celebrated too soon, as US intelligence says Iran’s uranium stockpile was not damaged
Israeli Channel 13: The objectives set by Netanyahu for the operation against Iran have not been achieved
Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, CNN reports, citing sources
Israeli media platform: An additional soldier has been confirmed killed in the serious incident in Gaza, who had previously been considered "missing" for some time

Devastating floods in Italy leave 13 dead and 20,000 homeless

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 18 May 2023 17:12
  • 1 Shares
2 Min Read

Rescuers are fighting severe conditions in the Emilia-Romagna area to save trapped people.

  • x
  • Firefighters talks with residents of the flooded village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, on May 17, 2023. (AP)
    Firefighters talk with residents of the flooded village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, on May 17, 2023. (AP)

Older and disabled individuals were stranded in their houses as rescuers worked through the night to save people in the worst floods to hit Italy in 100 years.

The floodwaters in northern Emilia-Romagna have killed 13 people, with many more still missing as of Thursday morning. An estimated 20,000 people have been displaced as a result of the calamity, which has caused 23 rivers to burst their banks and 280 landslides to envelop 41 cities and towns.

An elderly couple trapped inside their home in Cava, a hamlet in the province of Forl-Cesena, was among the deceased. "We heard their cries for help," a neighbor told the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero. "We tried to get them out, but it was useless."

Firefighters conducted 2,000 rescue operations around the region and in flood-affected areas of central Marche.

Related News

Italy extends red weather alert due to rainfall and deadly floods

Forty elderly individuals were rescued from a nursing home overnight after police received many pleas for assistance. 

It is worth noting that helicopters rescued elderly people who took cover on roofs.

My beloved city #Bologna and #EmiliaRomagna region is for the second day under the rain and the flood. It’s the third time that this happens in 2023 alone.

As the extreme events caused by global warming increase, similar phenomena will become more frequent & intense.

Hold on! pic.twitter.com/amsco156Jc

— Francesco Salesio Schiavi (@frencio_schiavi) May 17, 2023

Stefano Bonaccini, the president of Emilia-Romagna, equaled the devastation to the earthquake that struck the region in 2012 in which 28 people died. “The damage will be quantitatively smaller, but it will be a few billion euros,” he told Rai 3. “We will rebuild everything as we did for the earthquake,” he said.

Prior to the recent floods, Emilia-Romagna and other northern Italian regions were plagued by a drought that dried up the terrain, limiting its ability to absorb water.

Read next: Second year of drought anticipated in Italy has major implications

  • Emilia-Romagna area
  • Climate change
  • Floods
  • Itlay

Most Read

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a protest following the US attacks on nuclear sites in Iran, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP)

Iran declares victory as ceasefire forces Israeli retreat

  • Politics
  • 24 Jun 2025
Israeli workers survey the site where a missile launched from Iran struck in Haifa on Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP)

True Promise 3, wave 20: 40 missiles launched, Kheibar-Shekan in first

  • Politics
  • 22 Jun 2025
Rescue team work at the site where a missile launched from Iran struck Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, June 16, 2025 (AP)

Wave 12 of Operation True Promise 3 launched, Sejjil deployed: IRGC

  • Politics
  • 18 Jun 2025
Iran launches strikes on Israeli targets, despite alleged ceasefire

Iran victorious as ceasefire with 'Israel' takes effect

  • Politics
  • 24 Jun 2025

Coverage

All
The Ummah's Martyrs

Read Next

All
'Israel's' medical supply ban to Gaza threatens newborns' lives
Health

Gaza's newborns at risk as 'Israel' blocks baby formula, supplies

Tehran
MENA

Thousands rally in Tehran in support of Iranian Armed Forces

FT
Palestine

UK’s Co-op halts sales of Israeli carrots over rights violations

Israeli security forces inspect the site struck by an Iranian missile strike that killed several people, in Beer al-Sabe', Occupied Palestine, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 (AP)
Politics

In numbers: Iran's True Promise 3 devastates 'Israel' in 12 days

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS