Some of Catania's streets were turned
into 'rivers' and the central Piazza Duomo outside the Sicilian
city's cathedral resembled a lake on Tuesday after hours of
torrential rain caused widespread flooding.
The chaos caused by the extreme weather was made worse by a
power blackout in the city centre.
Sicily and other parts of southern Italy have been battered by a
deadly wave of bad weather since the weekend.
Rescuers are still searching for a 54-year woman who was swept
away along with her husband by flood waters in the town of
Scordia, near Catania, on Sunday.
The body of her 67-year-old husband was found on Monday.
The wave of bad weather is forecast to last all week.
Scientists say climate change caused by human activity is making
extreme weather events more frequent and even more intense.
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