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Added on the 18/05/2023 14:23:14 - Copyright : Euronews EN
The President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen met locals in Cesena on Thursday after last week's devastating floods.
Emergency services in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna continued to carry out rescues and evacuations on Saturday, after flooding swamped large areas.
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has visited her country's northeastern region after floods killed at least 14 people and displaced thousands more.
Water overflowing from canals struggles to drain away from the fields in the countryside near Ravenna, as Italy struggles with floods described as the country's worst in a century. The disaster has killed more than a dozen people and left thousands stranded in waterlogged homes or in evacuation centres. IMAGES
Italy declares a state of emergency in the north as at least 11 people die and others are missing after devastating floods that have left thousands of homes without electricity and cut off from rescue workers trying to reach them.