People are still searching for survivors after the downpour on Wednesday which resulted in flooding and mudslides which left at least six dead with hundreds more homeless. Many roads and highways were closed down, bridges were swept away, tree trunks were ripped out of the ground blocking roads, trucks and cars were overturned ; simply devastating. The Italian army was sent to assist civilians. The President said that the cause of this disaster was climate change. However, other people are also blaming unregulated construction and the governments cutback on environmental protection agencies. The President also announced that future construction in cities affected by this disaster would be blocked in the future to secure that there is no more damage done to these cities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/world/europe/mudslides-and-flooding-ravage-areas-of-scenic-beauty-in-italy.html?_r=1&ref=world
Alison Ortscheid
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