(see related stories on Emilia Romagna floods)
A man is dead after torrential rain
caused flash floods in the southern province of Avellino on
Thursday, sources said.
The 45-year-old man is thought to have been hit and killed by
his car, which was parked on a slope, as he tried to save it
from the flood waters in the town of Forino, the sources said.
He was thought to have been working in a chestnut orchard at the
time.
Major damage has been caused by the flooding, the sources said.
The floods occurred as European Commission President Ursula Von
der Leyen visited Emilia Romagna on Thursday after last week's
deadly floods there.
Scientists say that extreme weather events like heat waves,
supercharged storms, flooding and droughts are becoming more
frequent and more intense because of climate change caused by
human greenhouse-gas emissions.
Photo: a file photo of a collapsed bridge in Emilia Romagna
after last week's floods there.
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