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The misfortune that plagues Emilia Romagna He left no other way out Formula 1 rather than cancel the Imola Grand Prix.

This region, located in the northeast of Italy, is undergoing one of the worst moments in its history due to torrential rainy that caused the overflow of all riverscausing floods that already claimed the lives of at least five peoplein addition to the missing and the thousands of evacuees that have already been counted in the last few hours.

the italian government declared the situation in Emilia Romagna critical that, in addition to suffering from the inclemencies of nature, is suffering from failures in basic services such as electricity, telephony y viability.

For now it is reported that more than 50 thousand inhabitantsfrom the area, do not have electricity, 100,000 have mobile coverage problems and another 10 thousand of domestic telephony.

The Minister of Civil Protection in Italy, Nello Musumeci, has reported that more than 5 thousand peopleof the 24 provinces of Emilia Romagna, They have already been evacuated from the area..

“The mean of rainwater that fell in the last 36 hours was 200 millimeters and in some areas it reached 500 millimeterswhich gives an idea of ​​the amount of rain that has fallen, given that the average for the entire season is one thousand millimeters,” explained Musumeci.

Emilia Romagna suffered from the floods a couple of weeks agobut the Italian government was confident that they would yield to start the restoration work, without imagining that the situation would worsen with the passing of the days.

The severity is such that the country’s leaders are considering the possibility of declaring the stadium of emergency in the areasince they have been overwhelmed despite mobilizing 700 fire brigade units300 policemen, at least a thousand carabinieri, more than 200 elements of the Red Cross100 volunteers from Socorro Alpino and another 300 Civil Protection workers.

“The situation is truly dramatic in many areas. We had decreed a meteorological alert with the closure of schools and limited movement, but the amount of water that fell today in some areas surpassed the one that fell two weeks agos, which was already an unprecedented amount,” said Stefano Bonaccin, president of the Emilia Romagna region.

This caused Bonaccin and Matteo Salvini, vice president of the Italian government, to hold talks with those in charge of Formula 1 to cancel the Imola GPwhich was scheduled to be held this weekend.

Images revealed by Italian television showed the Enzo and Dino Ferrari racetrackwhere the GP was scheduled to run, totally flooded and inaccessible to F1 teams.

For now, the country’s priority is continue the rescue effortsso the Big Top will have to wait to return.