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

A region of Italy has suffered tragedy and is “unrecognisable from damage”,  amid the cancellation of the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
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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.

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.

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