A so-called 'water bomb' hit the
northern Emilia-Romagna city of Ferrara as storms that have
killed two people in Tuscany continued to whip across the north
of Italy Friday.
The intensity of the bad weather, which caused massive damage
across the north Thursday, eased somewhat but there were still
heavy showers and thunderstorms in northern and some central
parts.
The exceptional downpour that struck the Romagna city flooded
streets and the basements of homes and shops.
Mayor Alan Fabbri said the equivalent of half the rain of the
whole of 2021 fell on the city in two days.
Ferrara's sewer system "virtually collapsed", he said, as
drought-withered green areas failed to fulfill their normal
drainage function.
A bad-weather alert continued in Emilia-Romagna on the whole of
Friday.
Storm damage was highest in the provinces of Ferrara, Modena and
Parma.
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