Simone Donati
2012
Simone Donati
2012
Pozzo Perla, near Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, December 2011. A beetle severely damaged after the flood of river Longano.
Hydrogeological instabilities are defined as those processes ranging from slow erosion to more substantial degradation of surface and underground slopes up to the imposing and severe forms of landslides also including phenomena such as floods and avalanches.
In Italy the hydrogeological instability is partly natural, since the country has an high hydrogeological risk and partly is the poisoned fruit of decades in which the land has been systematically abused: an emergency always less exceptional and more and more happening on a daily basis. 3,671 municipalities are within a high risk, 45% of the total. Only in the last 10 years there have been 12,993 problematic hydrogeological events, including six catastrophic landslides and floods with at least 50 billion euros of damage.
This series looks at places around Italy where severe floods has happened.
Aulla, October 2011. The day after the flood that hit the town due to the Magra river. The flooding caused 2 deaths and much damages to the buildings and economic activities. Inside the gym of a school.
Monterosso al Mare, 5 Terre, October 2011. After the intense rain the town was hit by a severe flood that caused 1 death and much damage to the buildings and economic activities. An ATM machine in the main road of Monterosso covered in mud.
Vernazza, January 2012. The upper part of town severely damaged by the flood of October 2011.
Vernazza, November 2011. After the intense rain the town was hit by a severe flood that caused much damage to the buildings and economic activities.
Migliardo, near Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, December 2011. A landslide near an house of the village.
Aulla, October 2011. The day after the flood that hit the town due to the Magra river. The flooding caused 2 deaths and much damages to the buildings and economic activities.
Borghetto di Vara, November 2011. After the intense rain the town was hit by a severe flood that caused 7 deaths and much damage to the buildings and economic activities. The entrance of a house damaged by the flood.
Vernazza, November 2011. After the intense rain the town was hit by a severe flood that caused much damage to the buildings and economic activities. A shop completely submerged by mud.
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, December 2011. Inside a house in Pozzo Perla. The first floor was almost completely submerged by the flood from river Longano.
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, December 2011. The bridge in Calderà, that collapsed after the heavy rain and the flood from river Longano.
Vernazza, November 2011. After the intense rain the town was hit by a severe flood that caused much damage to the buildings and economic activities. The main road in Vernazza, covered by 4 meters of mud.
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, December 2011. Inside the basement of an apartment complex near the city centre, that was completely submerged by the flood of river Longano.
January 2012, Cassana. A view of the town of Cassana, where a landslide destroyed several buildings causing the death of 5 people.
