Emilia Romagna flooding: Yuki Tsunoda reveals extent of awful damage in AlphaTauri’s hometown

Yuki Tsunoda has shown images of Faenza engulfed by the dreadful floods that caused the cancellation of the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) AlphaTauri AT04. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5, Miami Grand Prix, Miami, Florida, USA, Practice
Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) AlphaTauri AT04. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5, Miami Grand Prix,…

Faenza is a town in the Emi🐟lia Romagna region which AlphaTauri call home.

The grand prix at Imola, due to be this w🔥eekend, was called off on Wednesday as a result of the devastation in norther🔜n Italy.

Eight people have died, several more are missing and thousands evacuated from their homes because of thಌe floods.

“After a horrible night the town is heavily impacted: dust, mud,🐓 and the smell of gasoline🌳 everywhere,” AlphaTauri driver Tsunoda posted to social media. 

“Currently people are struggling to find food and especially place✱s to stay,afteꦦr many have been evacuated from their own homes. 

“Please, any🍒thing you can do to help is appreciated.”

F1 teams and st𓆉aff were told not to entꦺer the local area as the extreme weather worsened.

On Tuesday, the paddock was evacuated.

F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said: “It is such a tragedy to see what has happened to Imola and Emilia Romagna, the town and region that I grew up in and my thoughts and prayers are wit✅h the victims of the flooding and the families and communities affected.

"I want to express my gratitude and admiration for the incredible emergenꦓcy services who are working tirelessly to help those who need help and alleviate the situation – they are heroes and the whole of Italy is proud on them.

"The decision that has been taken is the right one for everyone in the local communities and the F1 family as we need to ensure safety and not create extra burden for the authorities whil🍸e they deal with this very awful situation.”

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