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Added on the 18/05/2023 14:23:14 - Copyright : Euronews EN
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's far-right Lega party leader and former interior minister, Matteo Salvini, holds a rally in Emilia-Romagna, a week before the regional elections. IMAGES
Bulldozers work to repair a railway bridge near Sant-Agata sul Santrrno damaged in the floods which struck Italy's Emilia Romagna region, described as the worst the country has seen in a century. Violent downpours earlier this week killed 14 people, transforming streets in cities and towns across the northeast of Italy into rivers. IMAGES
People forced to flee their homes by northeastern Italy's deadly floods take shelter in Ravenna's Classis museum of Ravenna, which is offering those displaced camp beds and food aid amidst its vases and sculptures. 10,000 have already been displaced by the floods, according to the authorities, with the death toll rising to at least 13 on Thursday. IMAGES
Firemen and rescue teams search for missing people Cesena after heavy rains caused devastation across Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region, killing at least five people. IMAGES
Images of Floating streets in Aptos, a town in Santa Cruz County, during the latest California storm. Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding and forced hundreds of people to flee their homes in Santa Cruz County, California. IMAGES