Floods caused over 7bn damage says E-R VP

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 24 - The recent floods in Emilia-Romagna caused damage totalling over seven billion euros, Deputy Governor with the civil protection brief Irene Priolo said Wednesday.
    "There is no precise estimate yet, but the damage will be over seven billion," she said.
    The government has so far earmarked some two billion euros for flood relief and reconstruction in the northern region.
    "The two billion made available by the government," Priolo told ANSA, "are important and have been directed mainly at businesses. But the overall bill will be much higher, also because we have a lot of damaged infrastructure and an unprecedented number of landslides". (ANSA).