What is 2023 Emilia-Romagna floods?
{{Infobox flood |name = 2023 Emilia-Romagna floods |duration = 2-3 May 2023<br />16-17 May 2023 |total fatalities = 17 |total damages = 50,000+ removed |areas affected = [[Bologna]], [[Cesena]], [[Faenza]], [[Forlì]], [[Ravenna]], [[Rimini]] }} The '''2023 Emilia-Romagna floods''' were a series of floods in and around the cities of [[Bologna]], [[Cesena]], [[Forlì]], [[Ravenna]], and [[Rimini]], in the [[Emilia-Romagna]] [[regions of Italy|region]] of [[Italy]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Povoledo|first=Elisabetta|date=2023-05-17|title=‘Catastrophic’ Floods in Italy Leave 8 Dead and Thousands Homeless|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/italy-flooding-emilia-romagna.html|access-date=2023-05-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The first floods happened between 2 and 3 May 2023, killing two people.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-05-03|title=Severe flooding in Italy kills 2; drought persists|url=https://apnews.com/article/floods-agriculture-drought-deaths-italy-30ec2bfd7d3efc3491c9f12024b6c181|access-date=2023-05-19|website=AP NEWS|language=en}}</ref> Heavy secondary floods happened on 16–17 May 2023, killing at least 14 people and displacing 20,000 others.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-05-18|title=Crisi climatica, alluvione Emilia-Romagna: altre 5 vittime nel Ravennate. Lugo e Cervia allagate. In Regione 18mila case senza luce|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/live-post/2023/05/18/alluvione-emilia-romagna-vittime-dispersi-migliaia-senza-luce-elettrica/7165152/|access-date=2023-05-19|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano|language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-05-17|title=Maltempo in Emilia-Romagna, allerta rossa e scuole chiuse. Il 23 Cdm sull'emergenza, salgono a 9 le vittime - Cronaca|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cronaca/2023/05/17/maltempo-in-emilia-romagna-allerta-rossa-e-scuole-chiuse-il-23-cdm-sullemergenza-salgono-a-9-le-vittime_68f0a317-84e2-4f45-a987-6c76b244fe83.html|access-date=2023-05-19|website=Agenzia ANSA|language=it}}</ref> The usual amou