After days of heavy rains and strong winds in parts of Italy including the Tuscany and Umbria regions, flooding has begun to create major problems claiming at least 4 lives. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, three people died when their car fell off a collapsing bridge and another 73 year old man died when his car was submerged under the floodwaters. These rains have caused power outages in those areas as some people are even forced to flee their homes. Public transport such as railways and roads has also been disrupted from the floods leaving people stranded. It has been reported on Monday that 70% of Venice is underwater from sea levels reaching the 6th highest since 1872. The image above shows how the major flooding is affecting the city of Venice and its people.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20318043
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