“Catastrophic” - Emilia Romagna devastated by tragedy amid F1 cancellation

- Wil🐓l F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola be resch🎀eduled?
- Emilia Romagna෴ Grand Prix called✤ off due to extreme flooding
Due for this weekend, the F1 at Imola was call🐻ed o𝔍ff on Wednesday due to the extreme weather conditions in the whole region of Emilia Romagna.
Flooding has res﷽ulted in eighꦿt people dying, with several more still missing.
Around 5,000 more people hav🉐e been evac🔯uated from the area, including some who were rescued from their rooftops via helicopter.
Severe floods are widespread across 𓆏Italy's Emilia Romagna region after heavy rains, with rescue operations underway
— Sky News (@SkyNews)
Fourteen rivers have burst their banks,♍ flooding 23 towns.
"It's probably been the worst night in the history of Romagna," Ravenna Mayor Michele de Pascale said to Italy's RAI public broadcaster﷽. "Ravenna is unrecognisable for the damage it has suffered."
Mayor of For♚li, Gian Luca Zattini, described his town as "on its knees, devastated and in pain" to AFP news agency.
The BBC reported that people in single-storey homes in Castel Bolognese needed to be rescued, while their mayor cal🐼led the flooding “catastrophic”.
There is no e𓃲le꧂ctricity in Castel Bolognese, the BBC add.
People across the Emilia Romagna region are taking shelter in sc💞hools and gyms.
"Those who live in areas close📖 to watercourses should✤ move to higher floors," said Regional President Stefano Bonaccini.
Italian Prime Minister Georgia M🐠eloni has held crisis meetings but, in some areas, the quantity of rainfall exceeded the technology’s capability of🌺 recording it.

James was a sports jour🙈nalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.