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Over 6 million Italians live in areas with landslide risk – Palermomania.it

Palermomania.it | Story Filed: 14/08/2014 – 24:50 | Article read 2286 times

  Over six million Italians live in areas at risk hydrogeological but only 55 authorities out of more than 6600 have decided to relocate the homes from the areas exposed to greater danger. The warning is Legambiente , on the occasion of Festambiente, under way in Rispescia, in the province of Grosseto. To be most threatened Tuscany, Calabria, Umbria, Valle d’Aosta and Marche.

 In particular, in Tuscany there are 280 municipalities, 98% of the regional total, where there are areas with landslide risk. In 68 of these are present housing in riverside areas and in 54 arise industrial installations which, in the case of floods, landslides or earthquakes, may cause environmental disasters for the possibility of spillage of polluting products.

 Giorgio Zampetti, scientific director of Legambiente, calls for government intervention in the short term with the resources and appropriate measures “ to avoid, with the arrival of autumn, yet another tragic counts of damage and casualties due to landslides, floods and flooding. “

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