flood

Solidarity in Action: The Commitment of the Misericordia of Sesto Fiorentino During the Flood of Campi Bisenzio The flood that hit Campi Bisenzio has deeply shaken the community of Sesto Fiorentino, located just a ten-minute drive from the…

Guido Crosetto and Civil Defense Coordinate Search and Assistance Efforts in Weather Devastated Areas in Tuscany The weather emergency has hit Italy with unprecedented force, and in the last few hours, the heart of Tuscany, straining the…

What to do after a flood: what to do, what to avoid, and Civil Defense advice The waters can mercilessly affect those around particular places with high hydrogeological risk, but it is not for nothing that we have to worry about what may…

Cyclone Daniel: over 2,000 dead and thousands missing in Libya The national president of the Italian Red Cross, Rosario Valastro, has launched an urgent appeal for international solidarity in response to the devastating cyclone Daniel that…

Rapid H2O Flood Barriers: A New and Innovative Solution to Flood Control They say that sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. But what about fighting water with water? In the realm of innovative flood control, the Rapid H2O flood…

The Dangerousness of Flash Floods There are events that often accompany drastic accidents, disasters that often also cost the lives of the people involved in them.In this case we have to talk about how cloudbursts can create what are…

Water and destruction: some of the most devastating floods in history How threatening can an expanse of water be? It depends, of course, on the context, but certainly when we are talking about rivers coming out of their banks and numerous…

Flood in Emilia Romagna (Italy), rescue vehicles Even though the last disaster to hit Emilia Romagna (Italy) was of a particular magnitude, it was not the only event to damage that territory. If we consider the data available since 2010,…