Lombardy chief asks for state of emergency

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 25 - The governor of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana, on Tuesday formally submitted to the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, the competent ministers and the head of the Civil Protection Department, Fabrizio Curcio, a request for the recognition of a state of emergency of national importance for Lombardy due to devastating storms in the northern region.
    In justifying the request, the governor explained that "in the territories concerned, the regional civil protection system structure is fully operational' for the necessary interventions to assist the population and remove the material that has invaded the roads, urban centres and involved public and private buildings. " A 16-year-old girl scout died after a storm-felled tree hit her tent near Brescia earlier in the day. (ANSA).