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Bad weather pummels Tuscany, Liguria

Strong rain, winds pelter Florence, roads flooded

Bad weather pummels Tuscany, Liguria

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 28 - A fresh bout of bad weather pummeled Tuscany and Liguria on Tuesday.
    A so-called 'water bomb' hit the city of Florence early in the morning as storms whipped northern Tuscany.
    Several areas of the city were flooded, in particular the Oltrarno and Galluzzo districts, local police said.
    The intensity of the bad weather also caused damage in Liguria, in particular in Genoa, where firefighters early on Tuesday were searching through the rubble of a collapsed wall to ensure nobody was underneath.
    The bad weather started peltering Liguria overnight with the Entella river overflowing its banks in Chiavari and a landslide reported in Valfontanabuona, where four families had to leave their homes for security reasons.
    A bad weather red alert will remain in force in Tigullio until early in the afternoon while an orange alert is set to remain in Genoa.
    Landslides and flood warning levels for rivers are also expected in northern Tuscany due to a fresh bout of bad weather.
    An orange bad weather alert has been enforced in northern areas of the region.
    The town of Mulazzo near Massa Carrara was hit by over 216 millimetres of water over the past 24 hours, regional authorities said.
    The Magra and Bagnone rivers also reached flood warning levels and are being closely monitored, they said.
    Meanwhile storms have also been forecast in the central part of the region later on Tuesday. (ANSA).
   

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