Bad weather in the north: military 200 arrive

17/11/14

At the moment, 160 army soldiers are deployed in Liguria who are operating with special means for earthmoving, motor pumps, lighting towers and work teams in close coordination with the coordination and rescue center established in the prefecture of Genoa.

The soldiers work to remove landslides and debris, to convey water, to drain the mud, to monitor the level of the streams and canals, they provide, with the tankers, the distribution of drinking water.

In addition to Genoa, the specialist army assets are employed in Pontedecimo, Lavagna, Leivi, Chiavari, Mezzanego, Voltri, Campoligure and Arenzano. Since yesterday afternoon, at the request of the Cremona prefecture, other military army 40 coming from the 10 engineering regiment, are working alongside the civil protection units in activities aimed at assisting the population in the evacuation phase and strengthening the floodplains of the river Po in San Daniele and Isola Pescaroli (CR). On Sunday evening the device was reinforced by a further platoon of soldiers from the "Voloire" artillery regiment of Milan.

Source: Army Majority Staff