A body found by firefighters near Barcis in the northern province of Pordenone on Saturday morning is in all likelihood that of Giulia Cecchettin. The young woman went missing in Veneto last weekend along with her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta, Venice prosecutor Bruno Cherchi said.
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Tuscany has been particularly badly hit by the storms and flooding over the last few days. Roughly 5,000 people in the Tuscan town of Campi Bisenzio are still isolated by flood waters.
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One of Bologna’s architectural icons, the leaning tower named Garisenda, is set to have its surrounding square, Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, closed off for several years. There are concerns over the 12th-century tower’s tilt.
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Italy has experienced another bout of severe bad weather, resulting in further flooding and flash floods triggered by sudden storms. These storms disrupted the unusually mild autumn temperatures, releasing substantial amounts of water that have placed multiple towns and cities in crisis.
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Bad weather plagues central-northern Italy, with the MOSE ‘saving’ Venice from high tide flooding and Triestino ending up under water.
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Soave was at one time the world’s most popular Italian wine. It was officially granted a DOC classification in 1968.
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Venice prosecutors have put three people under investigation over last week’s Mestre bus crash.
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Firefighters intervened to secure an overpass in Mestre during the night between Saturday and Sunday after passers-by reported seeing falling plaster.
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The bodies of the 20 foreign victims of Tuesday’s Mestre bus crash will be repatriated very quickly, Venice Prefect Michele Di Bari said on Friday.
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Italy was in shock on Wednesday after 21 people died in a Mestre bus tragedy. On Tuesday evening, a bus plunged from an overpass above a railway line between the Venice districts of Mestre and Marghera.
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