1,000 interventions in Tuscany due to extreme weather

(see related stories) (ANSA) - ROME, NOV 3 - More than a thousand interventions have been carried out so far in the Tuscan towns of Campi Bisenzio, Cerreto Guidi, Carmignano, Prato, Montemurlo, Quarrata, and the provinces of Pisa and Livorno after extreme bad weather battered the centre-northern region on Thursday evening and night, Governor Eugenio Giani said on Friday.
    In addition, he said electricity company Enel was working to restore services to 40,000 consumers left without power, including through the deployment of generators.
    Concerning hospital flooding, Giani said "the problems of access to the Pontedera hospital have been resolved, and are being resolved at the Borgo San Lorenzo hospital and the emergency room in Prato".
    "I spoke with Premier Giorgia Meloni a few minutes ago and measures are being taken to bring the state of national emergency (for Tuscany, ed.) before the cabinet meeting that is due to start at 11am," said Giani.
    "This is the consequence of the state of emergency I declared yesterday," he added. During the night "we were in contact with the government authorities, we had cooperation.
    "Right now we are all working together, with the civil protection at regional level and with the aid coming from" the national civil protection authorities "in order to support the affected population," concluded Giani. (ANSA).