Environment Minister Gilberto
Pichetto-Frattin on Wednesday said a new approach is necessary
over hydreogological instability to act more quickly to prevent
and respond to natural disasters.
"The ministry of the environment and energy security agrees with
the need for a new approach allowing speedier interventions for
the hydrogeological emergency", addressing the Lower House after
he was questioned by the opposition Five-Star Movement (M5S)
party on a plan to reduce the impact of extreme weather events.
Pichetto also said he was "close to the populations hit" by
floods in recent days.
A storm system hit the Emilia-Romagna region last week for the
second year in a row, forcing people to leave their homes and
schools to close.
Unprecedented rain and storms also caused floods in the northern
Veneto region as well as in the Marche and in Tuscany, where a
five-month-old baby and his grandmother were reported missing
near Pisa in the night between Monday and Tuesday.
Search operations were still ongoing Wednesday to search for the
pair, who were members of a German family vacationing in
Tuscany.
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