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Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain

November 28th, 2012 by Federico Scoppa
Federico Scoppa
Lucca, Italy, Europe
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Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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A fish that came out with the water of the Parmignola river, near Dogana.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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A resident removes mud from his home in Dogana.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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A cyclist on the Aurelia street still closed to car traffic.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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Trains stopped along the tracks due to the high water.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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The Aurelia street in dogana.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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The main road to Ortonovo, now closed.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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A resident removes mud from his home in Dogana.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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The hand of one of the residents covered in mud.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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A fireman opening a flooded shop.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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The notice of the town of Ortonovo telling to leave the fist floor of the houses.
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Railway specialist checking a bridge. The rail way has been closed and now train are proceding at a very low speed.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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A childeren toy in the mud.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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A children's toy in a deep puddle of mud.
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Insatalling pumps form the store magazines.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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A car leans against a Shell fuel pump in Dogana.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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Resident of Dogana near their shops flooded by water and mud during the night.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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A resident of Dogana cleans his house, on the wall the sign left by the water during the night.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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Dogana, one of the small village striked by the mud wave comming from the mountains of ortonovo.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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A flooded garden.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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The main road to Ortonovo, now closed.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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A resident removes mud from his home in Dogana.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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One of the most damaged places in Dogana, cars and houses flooded.
Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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Damnaged care in Dogana.
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A garden in Dogana.
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One of the shop in Dogana on the Aurelia street where the water reached more than a meter high.
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
  • Floods swell Ortonovo after a heavy night of rain
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After less than two weeks after the last flood, the town of Ortonovo gets flooded for the second time. Houses and shops are floods and at least 35 persons had to move from their home.

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Federico Scoppa
Lucca, Italy, Europe
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