From Friday 25 November, various specialist Army structures are working to rescue the inhabitants of the province of Cuneo, in the municipalities of Garessio and Priola, hit by the abundant rains that caused landslides, landslides and flooding, isolating different fractions.
The military, coming from the 32 ° and 10 ° genius regiment of Turin and Cremona, 2 ° alpine of Cuneo and 34 ° group of AVES "TORO" squadrons of Venaria Reale, have operated and continue to work to restore the viability of the interrupted roads, drain waste water from dwellings flooded by the flooding of the Tanaro river and to remove debris and rubble.
Besides the helicopters of the 34 ° AVES "TORO" squadron group of Venaria Reale with which food, medicines and water were transported on Friday, 12 people were recovered and evacuated from Pianchiosso (a town in the municipality of Priola with a high hydrogeological risk and remained isolated) , the Army has fielded:
n. 4 VM90;
n. 1 trailer 0,5 t;
n. 1 SMH with body and trailer;
n. 1 SMH with tipping body;
NH130 trailer and backhoe loader;
n. 1 SMH with container with container;
Komatsu crawler trailer and excavator PC210;
n. 1 HD6 with hopper and water pump;
n. 1 triad CX3;
n. 2 medium capacity wheeled motor pumps;
n. 2 small capacity motor pumps.
From today, an 10.000 liter tanker and a field light tower will be operational in the flooded areas.
According to the emergency intervention plan, the Army has already prepared to move, in just two hours, about other military 220 from brigade departments Taurinense and of the 10 ° regimental genius regiment of Cremona plus another helicopter supplied by the 4 ° AVES "Altair" regiment of Bolzano.
