The river Seveso in the northern
city of Milan returned to below flood level on Tuesday morning
after bursting its banks as a result of heavy rainfall in the
area, civil protection authorities said.
Municipal staff worked to control the flooding, which began
at 4:47 am and ended at 6:07 am local time.
The river returned to below danger level at 7:45 am as the
civil protection department reported that the weather was
showing slow signs of improvement.
Meanwhile on Tuesday morning heavy rainfall in the Varese
area northwest of Milan caused Lake Varese to flood in several
places.
Firefighters took numerous calls concerning flooded
properties and uprooted trees in the area.
Italy is in the grips of a spell of unseasonally bad
weather with thunderstorms and heavy rain affecting or
threatening much of the peninsula.
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