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5,000 people isolated by flood water in Campi Bisenzio

Amphibious vehicles are needed to assist them says mayor

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 4 - Roughly 5,000 people in the Tuscan town of Campi Bisenzio are still isolated by flood waters and amphibious vehicles are needed to provide them with food and other supplies, Mayor Andrea Tagliaferri said on Saturday.
    "The waters are receding, but in the municipality there are still 5,000 people in the flooded area who need to be reached with food and supplies," said Tagliaferri.
    "Amphibians and rubber dinghies are needed," he added.
    "They are without electricity and even the batteries of their mobile phones have run out," said Tagliaferri.
    The affected population is concentrated in an area that goes from the outskirts of the historical centre to the hamlet of San Piero a Ponti, the lowest area above sea level.
    On Friday night, 15,000 townspeople out of 48,000 inhabitants were cut off by flood water. (ANSA).
   

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