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| Fierce winds and rains have killed at least 20 people in Italy this week and razed thousands of hectares of forest in the country’s devastated north, officials have said. | Fierce winds and rains have killed at least 20 people in Italy this week and razed thousands of hectares of forest in the country’s devastated north, officials have said. |
| An 87-year-old woman and a 62-year-old German tourist were killed on Friday after being struck by lightning in Sardinia. | An 87-year-old woman and a 62-year-old German tourist were killed on Friday after being struck by lightning in Sardinia. |
| It brings the number of people killed by bad weather in Italy since the start of the week to 20, according to the country’s civil protection agency. Meteorologists have predicted further wind and rain on Saturday and Sunday. | It brings the number of people killed by bad weather in Italy since the start of the week to 20, according to the country’s civil protection agency. Meteorologists have predicted further wind and rain on Saturday and Sunday. |
| Trees covering the mountainsides in the Dolomites range were flattened by winds, which tore through the Veneto region on Thursday. | Trees covering the mountainsides in the Dolomites range were flattened by winds, which tore through the Veneto region on Thursday. |
| “It’s like after an earthquake,” said the governor of Veneto, Luca Zaia. “Thousands of hectares of forest were razed to the ground, as if by a giant electric saw.” | “It’s like after an earthquake,” said the governor of Veneto, Luca Zaia. “Thousands of hectares of forest were razed to the ground, as if by a giant electric saw.” |
| He said 160,000 people in the region were left without electricity, adding that parts of the Dolomites were “reduced to looking like the surface of the moon”. | He said 160,000 people in the region were left without electricity, adding that parts of the Dolomites were “reduced to looking like the surface of the moon”. |
| “We’ve been brought to our knees,” the politician said. | “We’ve been brought to our knees,” the politician said. |
| The storms in northern Italy on Thursday killed two pensioners, 74 and 73, when a tree fell on their car in the Aosta Valley. Another person fell into a river in the Brescia region and was dragged under by the current. | The storms in northern Italy on Thursday killed two pensioners, 74 and 73, when a tree fell on their car in the Aosta Valley. Another person fell into a river in the Brescia region and was dragged under by the current. |
| In the Alto Adige region, an 81-year-old died after falling off the damaged roof of his Alpine cottage, while a 53-year-old whose car was hit by a falling tree died on Monday. | In the Alto Adige region, an 81-year-old died after falling off the damaged roof of his Alpine cottage, while a 53-year-old whose car was hit by a falling tree died on Monday. |
| Several towns in the province of Belluno were cut off after a landslide damaged a mountain road and repair efforts were hampered by the insistent heavy rains. Floods in Sicily have closed many roads and mayors ordered schools, public parks, and underpasses shut. | Several towns in the province of Belluno were cut off after a landslide damaged a mountain road and repair efforts were hampered by the insistent heavy rains. Floods in Sicily have closed many roads and mayors ordered schools, public parks, and underpasses shut. |
| The picturesque fishing village of Portofino, near Genoa, a famed holiday resort on the Italian riviera, was only reachable by sea after the main road collapsed and an emergency path opened to let residents out was deemed too dangerous. | The picturesque fishing village of Portofino, near Genoa, a famed holiday resort on the Italian riviera, was only reachable by sea after the main road collapsed and an emergency path opened to let residents out was deemed too dangerous. |
| “It won’t be easy or quick but we count on returning Portofino next summer to the millions of tourists who come to visit it,” regional governor Giovanni Toti said. | “It won’t be easy or quick but we count on returning Portofino next summer to the millions of tourists who come to visit it,” regional governor Giovanni Toti said. |
| He added that the Genoa region alone had suffered tens of millions of euros’ worth of damage – a price tag that could rise to hundreds of millions in the long term. | He added that the Genoa region alone had suffered tens of millions of euros’ worth of damage – a price tag that could rise to hundreds of millions in the long term. |
| Italy’s civil protection agency described the weather as “one of the most complex meteorological situations of the past 50 to 60 years”. | Italy’s civil protection agency described the weather as “one of the most complex meteorological situations of the past 50 to 60 years”. |
| Venice was inundated by near-record flooding on Monday Ferocious storms drove high winds, which reached up to 180 kilometres (110 miles) an hour, and hundreds of trees were torn up by their roots in the Italian capital. | Venice was inundated by near-record flooding on Monday Ferocious storms drove high winds, which reached up to 180 kilometres (110 miles) an hour, and hundreds of trees were torn up by their roots in the Italian capital. |
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