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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.
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