As many as 30,000
internationally prized Italian prosciutti from the Parma region
have been swept away in the dirty flood water that is also
threatening crops as it washes through the Emilia-Romagna
region, farm group Coldiretti said Tuesday.
Stables have been flooded and planting of maize has been
threatened by the flood waters that have hit the provinces of
Parma and Piacenza, where as much rain fell in a few hours as is
normal for three months, the group added.
The flooding around Parma came at the same time as torrents
have spewed mud throughout the medieval port city of Genoa in
nearby Liguria, killing one man and destroying millions of euros
in property.
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