Nine people have died after a rain-swollen river flooded a home in the countryside near Palermo, Sicily, Italian state radio said.
By Associated Press Reporters
November 4 2018 9:49 AM
Nine people have died after a rain-swollen river flooded a home in the countryside near Palermo, Sicily, Italian state radio said.
Heavy rains have lashed Sicily, a southern Italian island, several days after storms ravaged much of northern Italy.
State radio said one person survived the flood late on Saturday night by clinging to a tree. Reports added that the victims were from two families who were spending the weekend together.
The Italian news agency Ansa said two people were missing on Sunday in other incidents near Sicily after floodwaters swept away their cars, including that of a doctor heading to a Corleone hospital.
Italy’s earlier storms in the north killed at least 15 people, flattened or uprooted millions of trees near Alpine valleys and left several villages without electricity or road access for days.
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