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People use a plastic portable pool to carrie bags and personal effects in a flooded road of Lugo, Italy, Thursday, May 18, 2023. Exceptional rains Wednesday in a drought-struck region of northern Italy swelled rivers over their banks, killing at least eight people, forcing the evacuation of thousands and prompting officials to warn that Italy needs a national plan to combat climate change-induced flooding. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) XAC109 XAC109

May 18, 2023 at 3:56 am

Crews work to reach Italian towns isolated by floods as toll rises to 13 and cleanup begins VIEW

Rescuers are working to reach towns in northern Italy that were cut off from highways, electricity and cellphone service after heavy rains and flooding.

Business

May 17, 2023 at 5:36 am

Exceptional rains in drought-struck northern Italy kill 8, cancel Formula One Grand Prix VIEW

Officials say eight people are now confirmed dead in northern Italy following floods from rain-swollen rivers.

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October 28, 2022 at 10:54 am

Hundreds of anti-fascists march in Mussolini’s birthplace VIEW

About 1,000 anti-fascists have celebrated the anniversary of the 1944 liberation of Benito Mussolini’s birthplace.

August 2, 2022 at 3:18 am

Italy’s salty Po Delta hurting agriculture, fisheries VIEW

Drought and unusually hot weather have raised the salt levels in Italy’s largest delta, where the mighty Po River feeds into the Adriatic Sea south...

Nation & World

July 6, 2022 at 5:55 am

Drones spot 2 more bodies from Italy avalanche, toll at 9 VIEW

Conditions in the Italian Alps were too unstable Wednesday for search teams and dogs to work on the mountain after a fatal weekend avalanche.

This undated image made available Monday, July 4, 2022, by the press office of the Autonomous Province of Trento shows the glacier in the Marmolada range of Italy’s Alps near Trento from which a large chunk has broken loose Sunday, killing at least six hikers and injuring eight others. Drones were being used to spot any more bodies on an Italian Alpine mountainside a day after a huge chunk of a glacier broke loose, sending an avalanche of ice, snow, and rocks onto hikers. Rescuers on Sunday spotted six bodies and said nine survivors were injured. Attention on Monday was focused on determining how many people who might have been hiking on the Marmolada peak are unaccounted for. Rescuers said conditions downslope from the glacier, which has been melting for decades, were still too unstable to immediately send rescuers and dogs into the area to look for others buried under tons of debris. (Autonomous Province of Trento via AP) XDS105 XDS105

July 4, 2022 at 2:08 am

Alpine avalanche leaves 7 known dead, 13 missing in Italy VIEW

Italian officials in an Alpine resort town say 13 people are still unaccounted for and seven hikers were killed a day earlier by an avalanche...

June 25, 2022 at 9:26 am

Milan to turn off fountain spigots as drought bakes Italy VIEW

The mayor of Milan has signed an ordinance turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers as northern Italy endures one of the worst...

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May 26, 2021 at 11:42 pm