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Italy: seven dead in violent weather

2022-09-16T07:15:36.107Z


Heavy rains fell in the center of the country, causing flooding in the Marche region, during the night of Thursday in v


The toll is very heavy: at least seven people died because of the torrential rains which fell last night in Italy, flooding the streets and homes, announced this Friday morning the civil protection.

“According to the local prefecture, we have a provisional toll of seven dead.

The seventh body has just been found,” the spokesperson for Fabrizio Curcio, head of Italian civil protection, told AFP, confirming information from the Italian media.

Three other people are also missing, including a six-year-old child who was with his mother in the car.

The latter was saved by the firefighters but the force of the current of the water took away her child, according to the agency AGI.

The floods hit several towns in this region of the east of the country, on the edge of the Adriatic, in particular in the province of Ancona.

🧐Floods in the municipality of #Senigallia, due to the overflow of the river, after torrential rains that hit the province of #Ancona since last night.#Italy #floods #Flood #flooding @YvesPDB pic.twitter.com/ GtFZ95KOJa

— Didier (@LetItShine69) September 16, 2022

The town of Sennigallia was also affected.

Esondazione a Senigallia: notte di emergenza #alluvione #Senigallia #localteam pic.twitter.com/BkPm4847Ia

— Local Team (@localteamtv) September 16, 2022

In Cantiano, a town of just over 2,000 inhabitants, the rains turned the streets into torrents and swept away cars.

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MALTEMPO: Potrebbero esserci dei dispersi a Cantiano, a paese delle Marche con poco piu' di 2.000 abitanti, colpito da un fortissimo nubifragio che ha trasformato le strade in veri e propri torrenti e trascinato via auto.

(continued) #maltempo #BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/f2p9gS8Q2Q

— Tg La7 (@TgLa7) September 15, 2022

Impressive images are circulating on social networks, where we see torrents pouring into the streets, taking everything in their path.

Source: leparis

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