At least six dead after Italy hit by heavy rainfall and flooding

Six people have been confirmed dead amid severe flooding in Tuscany, including a family of four trapped in a basement by rising water. Strong winds toppled trees and parked cars were nearly submerged, with streets clogged with mud in the port city of Livorno.
‘The city is literally devastated,’ said Mayor Filippo Nogarin, adding that ‘a crazy amount of rain’ pummeled the area in just a few hours.
The bodies of a four-year-old boy, his parents and his grandfather were found in the flooded basement of their family home.

Before dying, the grandfather managed to save the boy’s sister, state TV RaiNews24 reported.
Two elderly people died in a hillside hamlet on the edge of the city.
Another two people have been reported missing with a search ongoing.
In Rome, which until recently had suffered three months of drought, the downpour quickly produced fast-moving streams in the streets. Several subway stations had to be closed. Rome City Hall urged residents and visitors to go outside only for urgent reasons and to avoid parks after thunderstorms lashed the city Sunday morning.

Possible hailstorms and strong winds were predicted throughout the rest of Sunday and Monday.