Foto scattata sul fiume Serchio qualche tempo fa . Ieri nel giorno di Natale il Serchio , proprio da quelle parti è uscito dal suo letto inondando le case di molte persone e credo non sia stato un bel regalo. Photo taken on the river Serchio some time ago. Yesterday, on Christmas Day the Serchio precisely those parts came out of his bed, flooding the homes of many people and I do not think it was a nice present. The Serchio is a river in Tuscany, the third of the region after the Arno and the Ombrone for length (111 km), and the second for average flow at the mouth (46.1 m3 / s). But when we consider the regularity of arrangement and the summer minimum flows, the Serchio, with its 11 m3 / s (of which almost half due to the River Lima), is by far the largest in the region. LUCCA - full of the tributaries has caused a flood of Serchio Ponte S. Pietro. S. Maria a Colle flooded, weddings, cataracts. Five hundred people evacuated. The alarm was taken the night before at around 21, when the river level began to rise due to strong rains. At 5 and 'Bridge was closed to traffic shortly after St. Peter and the bank Serchio sold for a stretch along a twenty meters. Shortly after flooding has also Contesora. The Municipality has issued an order to evacuate the families of the flooded villages, but many remained in their homes, when a few hours after water filled the basement, garages and office space for ground floors, dozens of people were trapped in upper floors of houses and condominiums, without light or heating. Fire fighters - with the support of teams from all over came to Lucca, Tuscany and Rome - have led rescue men, women and children moving aboard rafts, while the voluntary supply of potable water and other basic needs 'who had remained isolato.Un shelter and' was organized by the Civil Defense in front of the church of Maggiano. Protests from residents against the City of Lucca for the delay in the Civil Protection has warned them of the flooding of the Serchio. Buone feste Thanks for the comments and the favourites of previous image!