Six regions are on red alert due
to a wave of storms, torrential rain and gales that is battering
Italy.
The regions on maximum alert are Lombardy, Veneto,
Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Trentino-Alto Adige and Abruzzo,
with gusts of wind reaching 100km/h in some cases.
Schools in many cities, including Rome, are closed on Monday
due to the extreme weather.
Falling trees and branches injured two people in Milan,
destroyed a car in Rome and caused disruption to the B line of
the Rome metro and rail links to the seaside district of Ostia.
The highway and railway at the Brenner Pass have reopened
after being closed late on Sunday due to a landslide in the area
of the Italian-Austrian border.
Vehicles on the Milan-Bologna A1 highway had to be escorted
due to flooding.
Ground-floor shops and homes in the centre of the Ligurian
town of Levanto were evacuated.
The Civil Protection Department said the foul weather is
expected to peak on Monday afternoon in southern and central
Italy, although there will also be big storms in the north.
At the weekend a businessman and three workers were killed in
a landslide while doing emergency work on a sewer system in the
Crotone area after bad weather there.
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