Floods and landslides hit Emilia-Romagna and Sicily. Villages had to be evacuated, roads and beaches were closed.
The Federal Foreign Office has issued a travel advisory on "extreme weather" If there is an official travel warning from the Foreign Office, trips can be cancelled without any problems. But there are chances of free cancellation if the flooding makes the trip impossible. All the latest developments in Italy can be found in the storm news ticker.. In northern Italy, numerous rivers have burst their banks. In South Tyrol, a rock crashed into the terrace of a kindergarten during storms.