On 10 November 2026, Casamicciola Terme commemorated Anna De Felice, the reported fatality of the flood that struck the town on 10 November 2009. The commemoration marked the 17th anniversary of the disaster.
The ceremony took place at the piazzale named after Anna De Felice. According to the reported account, municipal representatives attended, together with the Carabinieri, the Coast Guard and the municipal police. Flowers were laid at the piazzale, followed by prayer and a religious blessing.
What happened on 10 November 2009
The disaster followed several days of intense rain. A parliamentary record states that extraordinary rainfall caused flooding in Casamicciola Terme on the morning of 10 November 2009, at about 8:15.
Water, mud and debris moved from the Monte Epomeo area toward the built-up area of Casamicciola, the Piazza Bagni area and the sea. Anna De Felice was the sole reported fatality of the event.
The same records describe numerous injuries and extensive damage. Contemporary parliamentary documentation reported impacts on the port, roads, schools, homes, vehicles and residents, and referred to 310 evacuees at the time of the parliamentary question. Other contemporary reports described approximately twenty injured, while parliamentary language referred more generally to dozens injured; the precise final injury figure is not established in the available research.
How the anniversary was observed
The 2026 observance centered on the piazzale dedicated to Anna De Felice. The reported elements of the ceremony were the laying of flowers, prayer and a blessing.
Earlier anniversary coverage describes the same basic form: flowers laid at the piazzale named for Anna De Felice, followed by prayer and a blessing. The 2026 ceremony was attended by municipal representatives, the Carabinieri, the Coast Guard and the municipal police.
Remembrance and territorial safety
The ceremony also framed remembrance as a prompt for territorial safety and action to mitigate hydrogeological risk.
That connection reflects the documented scale of the 2009 damage to infrastructure and inhabited areas, including the port, streets, schools, homes and vehicles. The annual commemoration preserves the name of the victim in a public place while recalling the consequences that heavy rainfall had for Casamicciola in 2009.
