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Changes
Mud
The central market square was completely flooded when the Rimaggio stream overflowed. Here, the river becomes a “tombed river,” channeled underground beneath the urban surface. These buried waterways are particularly vulnerable during heavy rainfall.
Volunteers
People from Sesto Fiorentino and nearby towns quickly mobilized to help. Volunteers of all ages worked to remove the mud and clean shops, homes, and streets submerged by the floodwaters. In the face of disaster, solidarity often moves faster than institutions.
Submerged
Citizens and local police watch a flooded underpass, closed for safety. These are among the most dangerous spots during floods, people often try to cross them anyway, underestimating the water's force, and risk getting trapped or swept away.
Waste
Furniture, appliances, goods from shops, everything soaked by the flood was dragged out and left on the street. Once water and mud get in, very little can be salvaged.
Accused
This is where the Rimaggio stream disappears under the square, flowing into a concrete tunnel beneath the town. These underground rivers can swell rapidly, becoming dangerous chokepoints during extreme rain events, more frequent due to climate change.
Solitude
A car sits stranded in a deep pool of rainwater, formed by hours of heavy downpour. In Italy and across Europe, extreme weather events have already caused deaths in similar conditions. These scenes are no longer rare, they are warnings.
River
The Arno River last flooded Florence in 1966, killing 35 people. This time, the water level rose dangerously, but remained within its banks, a reminder of what could return as extreme events become more common.
Stuck
The water brought with it piles of debris, trapped after a small waterfall where the current swirled. Plastic, wood, metal, waste that floods carry downstream, often from areas far beyond the city.
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