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WorldPrime minister of Italy, travels to region affected by catastrophic floods

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Prime minister of Italy, travels to region affected by catastrophic floods

Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister of Italy, cut short her trip to Japan for the G7 summit in response to the disaster and travelled to parts of northern Italy affected by fatal flooding on Sunday.

Meloni travelled to Emilia-Romagna, where at least 14 people died in the flooding and more than 36,000 people had to be evacuated.

Nearly 5,000 of individuals who were evacuated are taking refuge at government-allocated facilities including theatres and museums, according to representatives of the local Civil Protection Agency.

About 16% of the region’s territory has been evacuated so far, officials said.

Clean-up operations are in full swing, with video from the emergency services on Saturday showing the removal of mud from washed out roads after landslides.

More than 20 rivers burst their banks across the region, causing 280 landslides, the Civil Protection department said earlier this week.

Meanwhile up to 27,000 people were left without power, according to Enel, the Italian multinational manufacturer and distributor of electricity and gas.

The flooding also devastated farmland and drowned livestock, in a region renowned for its gastronomy. A farming association called the damage “incalcuable.”

The torrential rains come after months of drought that dried out the land – which meteorologists say has reduced its capacity to absorb water, worsening the floods.

Water levels on northern Italy’s Lake Garda fell to record lows in February, with Venice experiencing unusually low tides.

From lengthy droughts to severe flooding, the intensity of water-related disasters around the world has increased over the last two decades as global temperatures climbed to record levels, according to recent research.

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