2 are children. Families submerged by the river in the villa. Belvedere in 6 regions

After the north-east and Liguria, where even today the orange warning in case of bad weather, Sicilyin the last hours, to be scourged by the rains that flooded Palermo by the rivers and the balance is very heavy: 10 people lost their lives, two are missing.

Casteldaccia, the mayor's ordeal: "They are dead children"

Nine of the victims, and between these two children of one and three years old, were in a villa located on the border of the municipalities of Altavilla Milicia and Casteldaccia, not far from the Palermo-Catania highway. The building was literally submerged by the waters of the Milicia River, swollen by the rains that fell yesterday on the banks. The water quickly reached the ceiling and the people inside – two families together to spend the evening together – drowned. In two, a man and a girl, they could save themselves because they had gone to buy sweets. A third person left outside the house rang the alarm with his mobile phone hanging on a tree.

The victims lived in Palermo, Santa Flavia and Bagheria (Palermo). I am Rachele Giordano, 1 year old. Francesco Rughò, 3 years old; Federico Giordano, 15 years old; his mother Stefania Catanzaro, 32 years old and wife of one of the three survivors, Giuseppe Giordano; grandfather Antonino Giordano, 65, and his wife Matilde Comito, 57; his son Marco Giordano, 32, and his sister Monia Giordano, 40; Nunzia Flamia, 65 years old. The testimonies of some inhabitants living near the villa submerged by the water are also dramatic.

The prosecutor of Termini Imerese (Palermo) Ambrogio Cartosio arrived in the Casteldaccia chalet. The prosecutor opened a case at the time, without any crime hypothesis.

The mayor. "It's a huge tragedy," said the country's mayor, Giovanni Di Giacinto. Near Palermo, in Vicari, a man found dead, Alessandro Scavone, owner of a fuel dispenser, was aboard a car struck by the waters of the San Leonardo River. With him a friend. The two men had gone to pick up a young man at the gas station, who had managed to escape by throwing himself out of the vehicle. Giuseppe Liotta, a 40-year-old Palermo doctor who went to Corleone Hospital to take his job: his car was found in the Raviotta district, between Ficuzza and Corleone, on the road National 118, interrupted several times due to landslides and floods. . Firefighters, carabinieri, civilians and health protectors of the 118 are present in the affected areas.

#Fango and #devastazione : images of the villa after the flood has #Casteldaccia https://t.co/qqbUz3wMAK pic.twitter.com/GRvlfxeXgH

– Gds.it (@GDS_it) November 4, 2018

First Conté. "I'm leaving for Sicily, where bad weather has killed at least 10 people". Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte the announcement on Twitter.

I'm leaving for Sicily, where bad weather has killed at least 10 people. I am in constant contact with the @DPCgov have constant updates on the dramatic situation in the northern regions

– GiuseppeConte (@GiuseppeConteIT) November 4, 2018

"I am in constant contact with the Department of Civil Protection to be constantly informed of the dramatic situation in the northern regions," he added.

Rocky rock slide. Fifteen families were evacuated as a precautionary measure in Castronovo di Sicilia, in the province of Palermo. The carabinieri and the municipal police intervened in the Abadia district, where several blocks of stone broke away from the overhanging rocky ridge due to heavy rains in recent hours throughout the province. No injuries are recorded. All displaced persons were transferred to the premises of the Municipal Social Center. Firefighters are also on site.

Difficult situation even in Agrigento, where 50 families were evacuated due to the Akragas flood. And the north-east is also kneeling, especially in the region of Belluno in Veneto, but also in Trentino and in many areas of Friuli.
Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini will be in Belluno and Venice today. For the moment, civil protection has reported an orange alert in the three regions, as well as in Emilia-Romagna, Calabria and Sardinia.

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