At least six people have died and several are missing after torrential rain and strong winds from Storm Ciarán swept northern and central Italy overnight Thursday, according to Italy’s fire brigade and civil protection agency and other local authorities.
At least six people have died in Tuscany, according to the region’s president, after torrential rain and strong winds from Storm Ciarán swept northern and central Italy overnight Thursday. Several more people are missing in Tuscany and elsewhere across the country, including a firefighter who fell into a canal in the Veneto region in northeastern Italy, according to the fire brigade.
“At the request of civil protection, the Armed Forces are working to bring help to the areas affected by the bad weather. Helicopters, land vehicles, water pumps, buses and also the Comsubin for search and rescue activities,” he said in a statement Friday morning. The fire brigade said it received “thousands” of calls for help with downed trees and flooding overnight Thursday. It warned that the storm is expected to hit Rome later Friday and asked people to be on alert.
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