Italian PM Enrico Letta declares emergency , allocates 20 million euros in immediate aid . - The European Commission announces it will send a team to Italy and Greece to assess the situation.
Italian PM Enrico Letta declares emergency , allocates 20 million euros in immediate aid . President Ugo Cappellacci describes the situation as `` dramatic '' and `` critical '' Cleopatra hit in the island 's southwest before spreading , state news reports .