Unprecedented rainfall from Storm Ciarán led to extensive flooding across a vast expanse of Italy’s Tuscany region. Residents were trapped in their homes, hospitals submerged, and cars overturned. The storm claimed the lives of at least six people in Italy, the toll climbing to at least 12 fatalities across Western Europe on Friday.
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A man has been arrested in Leicestershire, England in connection with the murder of a woman in Italy.
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A small room located beneath the Medici Chapels in Florence that is thought to have served as Michelangelo’s secret hideout briefly in 1530 is due to open to the public on a regular basis from November.
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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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An evacuation plan for the Campi Flegrei volcanic and seismic zone is to be drawn up within three months. This is according to the draft of the decree on the Phlegraean Fields, developed by the Ministry for Civil Protection.
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