The initial assessment of the damage caused by yesterday's storm in Golfo Aranci is severe . Today, Mayor Giuseppe Fasolino began inspecting the condition of several flooded public buildings . There is talk of safety and restoration work, which will require expenditures of hundreds of thousands of euros .
Several roads are damaged . Then there's the issue of damage to private buildings, commercial businesses, laboratories, and warehouses . The water has rendered machinery and goods unusable. A complete assessment of the damage will have to wait until next week, but a request for a state of emergency is practically a given and could arrive as early as Monday.
The storm wiped out several beaches, including the beautiful Cala Moresca . The consequences of yesterday's events in Golfo Aranci are the strongest argument against the concerns of many in Gallura who have joked about the regional Civil Protection agency's weather warning .
Mayor Giuseppe Fasolino secured the town's nursing home 24 hours before the wave of bad weather, precisely on the basis of the weather warning .
In southern Corsica, an area hit hard by the storm, two people have unfortunately died.