Frustrations build as the clean-up starts in flood-hit Emilia-Romagna for the second year in a row:::: Bagnacavallo, Italy:: Roberto Faccani, Former police commander"People are now traumatized and very demotivated.

Romagna, dramatic scenes unfolded as helicopters from the Italian Fire Brigade and Air Force heroically airlifted residents from their rooftops, offering a lifeline in a region where rain has turned streets into rivers.

Italy declared a state of emergency on Saturday for two flood regions in the north of the country after days of heavy rain. The right-wing government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also provided the regions - Emilia-Romagna and the Marche - with €20 million (about $22 million) in emergency aid.