"You can only imagine the pain that there is in this family" cousin says at funeral for nine victims of flooding
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"You can only imagine the pain that there is in this family" cousin says at funeral for nine victims of flooding
- Title: "You can only imagine the pain that there is in this family" cousin says at funeral for nine victims of flooding
- Date: 6th November 2018
- Summary: PALERMO, ITALY (NOVEMBER 6, 2018) (REUTERS) RELATIVES SEATED NEXT TO COFFINS WOMAN SEATED NEXT TO COFFIN APPLAUSE FROM CROWD GATHERED NEXT TO COFFIN WHITE BALLOONS IN HONOUR OF VICTIMS WHITE BALLOONS BEING LET GO WHITE COFFIN WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF CHILD BEING CARRIED FROM CATHEDRAL COFFIN PLACED INTO HEARSE/CROWD APPLAUSE WHITE COFFIN CARRIED FROM CATHEDRAL/PEOPLE TOUCHING COFFIN COFFIN BEING LIFTED ABOVE HEADS (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) COUSIN OF FATHER OF FAMILY GIUSEPPE GIORDANO, MARINELLA ARENA, SAYING: "To bury nine relatives is a terrible thing for everyone. Especially for Giuseppe. Giuseppe has lost his mother, father, his brother, sister, niece but also his children and his wife, his great love. So you can only imagine the pain that there is in this family. We ask for respect for this family as there are just no words to describe what this man has been going through over these three days." BANNER READING: "Federico lives on" PEOPLE TOUCHING HEARSE WOMAN HOLDING CHILDREN'S TOYS IN ARMS WOMEN WALKING BEHIND HEARSE RELATIVE SUPPORTED AS HE WALKS BEHIND HEARSE
- Embargoed: 20th November 2018 14:00
- Keywords: Storms funeral Palermo nine members of one family
- Location: PALERMO, ITALY
- City: PALERMO, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Environment,Weather
- Reuters ID: LVA00195DC6DJ
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- Story Text:Emotional scenes took place on Tuesday (November 6) as the funeral took place in Palermo for nine members of the same family.
Over a thousand people gathered outside Palermo's cathedral and applauded as coffins were carried into hearses to support the remaining family members who had lost so much.
Nine people were drowned as their house in Casteldaccia flooded when torrential rains and high winds lashed Italy over the weekend.
The father, Giuseppe Giordano and one of his daughters escaped harm because they had left the house to do some shopping while a third person climbed a tree to survive. The victims, included two children of one and three-years-old and a teenager, Federico.
"Giuseppe has lost his mother, father, his brother, sister, niece but also his children and his wife, his great love," cousin Marinella Arena said at the funeral.
Officials said the overall death toll of those killed in Italy due to the bad weather stands at 29. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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