Heavy storms, floods in Italy leave seven people dead, three missing
September 16, 2022, 6:30 pm

Heavy storms, floods in Italy leave seven people dead, three missing

Climate change threatens people with food and water scarcity, increased flooding, extreme heat, more disease, and economic loss. Human migration and conflict can be a result. The World Health Organization (WHO) calls climate change the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century - Photo. Pixabay

Italian authorities told AFP on Friday (Sep 16) At least seven people died when violent storms lashed central Italy and flooded roads and homes.

The AGI news agency said, three people were missing, including a six-year-old child travelling in a car. The mother was rescued but the child was washed away by the floodwaters.

“According to the local prefecture, the provisional death toll is seven. The seventh body has just been found,” a civil protection agency spokesman said, confirming reports in the local media.

The worst hit area was Ancona, a port city on the Adriatic, where several areas were without electricity or telephone connections. Schools were closed Friday in the affected zones, Reuters reported, the al-Arabiya English said.

The storms also lashed neighboring Umbria, according to the report.

Italian authorities told AFP on Friday (Sep 16) At least seven people died when violent storms lashed central Italy and flooded roads and homes - Photo. Pixabay

The Corriere della Sera newspaper said about 400 millimeters (16 inches) of rain fell in two hours -- about the quantity normally recorded in six months in this zone.

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Climate change threatens people with food and water scarcity, increased flooding, extreme heat, more disease, and economic loss.

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