'I've never seen anything like it,' says resident in flood-hit Italian town

Record ID: 1689223

  • Title: 'I've never seen anything like it,' says resident in flood-hit Italian town
  • Date: 16th September 2022
  • Summary: CANTIANO, ITALY (SEPTEMBER 16, 2022) (REUTERS) CAMERA WALKING PAST PILES OF DEBRIS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CLEARING AWAY DEBRIS TRACTOR CLEARING AWAY DEBRIS CANTIANO RESIDENT, GIANFRANCO TUFERRI, SWEEPING AWAY FLOODWATER (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) RETIRED CANTIANO RESIDENT, GIANFRANCO TUFERRI, 80-YEARS-OLD, SAYING: "There is half a metre of water inside this apartment and now, with a bit of patience, we need to get rid of it." JOURNALIST ASKING: "Were people scared?" TUFERRI SAYING: "Scared? Yes. Because there was torrential rain, because one river was coming down from one direction, another river was coming down from another direction, and another from another part . So there was a crossroads of three rivers in the centre of the square. You can only imagine what it looked like. Thunder and lightening that is indescribable. I am 80-years-old and I have never seen anything like this. That's all." (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) CANTIANO RESIDENT WHO OWNS FRUIT SHOP THAT WAS DESTROYED, LUCIANA AGOSTINELLI, SAYING: "Very scary, very scary. All of a sudden the water was this high (makes gesture at chest level). Now let's see, we will roll up our sleeves, but it is going to be tough. My fruit shop has been turned upside down." AGOSTINELLI WALKING TOWARDS HER FRUIT SHOP SAYING: "Everything is now all over the place. Look at this." / AGOSTINELLI'S FEET IN WATER FLOODED SHOP / AGOSTINELLI HEARD SAYING "Someone please help us." (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) CANTIANO RESIDENT WHO OWNS FRUIT SHOP THAT WAS DESTROYED, LUCIANA AGOSTINELLI, SAYING: "We didn't sleep last night because the water level wasn't going down. It started to go down later on, but after a long time. And here, I guess we will see what happens." WORKERS WADING THROUGH WATER WITH SHOVEL / DEBRIS STACKED UP INTERIOR OF DESTROYED SHOP (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) CANTIANO RESIDENT, GIANCARLO SBORZACHI, SAYING: "It was scary. There is nothing we can do. The damage... I had a car parked here, it did a tour of the whole square during the flood and now it is parked way over there." CARS STACKED UP / PEOPLE AT WORK CLEARING AWAY DEBRIS VIEW OF SQUARE PEOPLE OUTSIDE PHARMACY WITH FEET SUBMERGED IN MUDDY FLOODWATER PEOPLE WITH SHOVELS
  • Embargoed: 30th September 2022 12:01
  • Keywords: 10 dead Italy Marche flash floods floods in Italy
  • Location: CANTIANO, ITALY
  • City: CANTIANO, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Europe,Floods
  • Reuters ID: LVA001583316092022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Residents of a flood-hit town in central Italy were in shock on Friday (September 16) as they tried to clear away debris from destroyed streets, shops and homes after flash floods that killed at least nine in Italy’s central Marche region.
    Eighty-year-old pensioner Gianfranco Tuferri was clearing away floodwater with a broom from his ground-floor apartment in Cantiano, which he said was filled with half a metre of water.
    “You can only imagine what it looked like.
    Thunder and lightening that is indescribable. I am 80-years-old and I have never seen anything like this,” he said.
    Luciana Agostinelli’s fruit shop was submerged with water with crates and fruit scattered all over.
    "Very scary, very scary….we didn’t sleep last night,” she said.
    Others were luckier.
    Giancarlo Sborzachi’s home wasn’t affected, but his parked car was slung across the square during the extreme weather.
    "It was scary. There is nothing we can do,” he said.
    (Production: Cristiano Corvino, Emily Roe)
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