The "Angels in Red." The rescue sailors of the Cervia lifeguard cooperative rescue a dog and its owner from the flooded Malva Nord neighborhood in Cervia.
After a long period of drought, Romagna (Italy) is hit by an exceptional phase of bad weather in two successive waves, on May 3rd and 4th, and on May 16th and 17th, 2023. In just a few days, 400 mm of rain falls, an amount typically expected over a span of 6 months. 23 rivers overflow at over 50 points, flooding entire industrious cities, the fertile surrounding countryside, and important productive areas with water and mud. 500 landslides are triggered, roads, bridges, and railways collapse. In the province of Ravenna alone, over 16% of the territory is evacuated by the population. One of the affected cities is Cervia.