Italy braces for fresh wave of storms

(ANSA) - Rome, November 14 - Even as disaster-hit areas struggle to dig themselves out of recent floods and mudslides, Italy faces a fresh wave of storms and torrential rains at the weekend, forecasters said Friday.
    Intense rainfall of up to 100mm in 24 hours is expected in the regions of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Sardinia and Tuscany, according to forecasts.
    In Ferrara, the mayor on Friday ordered residents near the Po river to evacuate their homes, while in Carrara - which suffered a catastrophic flood when the Carrione river burst its bank November 5 - residents have been told to evacuate ground-floor homes and businesses as of 8am on Saturday. The regions of Tuscany and Liguria - where an elderly couple was crushed to death by a mudslide November 10 - were placed on high alert ahead of possible storms and torrential rains.