Following heavy rains and strong winds parts of central Italy, including Tuscany and Umbria, have been submerged by flood waters. In the dramatic footage, a firefighter winches a person to safety from the rooftop of their flooded home.
In Tuscany,
200 people had to be evacuated or rescued from their rooftops. In the
town of Grosseto in central Italy, three people died when their car fell
from a collapsed bridge during the heavy rain.
According to the regional government, 23 centimeters (9 inches) of rain
fell in just 4 hours in the region, causing the Ricortola and Parmignola
rivers to flood.
In the Umbria area, more than 100 people were forced to flee their homes
and take refuge in emergency shelters, and one man has died.
In the towns of Albinia and Orbetello, thousands have been left
without power and are cut off by the rising waters.
The above video
shows a rescue, literally from the firefighters' viewpoint, of a
resident in Albinia.
A badly
affected region was Massa Carrara. In this area some 50 people were
evacuated and a car was carried away by an overflowing vehicle. The
couple in the vehicle were fortunately rescued by firefighters.
Roberto Pucci, mayor of Massa Carrara in Tuscany said, "It has been devastating."
Pucci told the Corriere della Sera newspaper, "I saw at least six
bridges destroyed in the hills, floods, landslides, vineyards and olive
groves swept away. If there hasn't been a death it's a miracle."
Flooding is also being experienced again in the popular tourist city of Venice, as the bad weather hits northern Italy. Digital Journal
reported on recent flooding in the area, which has been worsened by the
current weather. Shops, homes and historic palaces filled with water
in and authorities said 70 percent of the city was overwhelmed by the
floods.
The bad weather is reportedly heading towards the center of the country
and it about to hit Rome. Civil defense forces are already on the
alert.
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