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.
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