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Sardinia storms and flash floods 'kill at least nine'
Topic Started: 19 Nov 2013, 01:55 AM (54 Views)
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19 November 2013

Sardinia storms and flash floods 'kill at least nine'

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Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes

At least nine people have been killed as heavy storms and floods swept through the Italian island of Sardinia, local officials say.

They say a number of people are missing after rivers burst their banks, sweeping cars away and causing a bridge to collapse.

The worst-hit area appears to be in and around the north-eastern city of Olbia.

Hundreds of people across the Mediterranean island were evacuated from their homes.

"We're at maximum alert," Giorgio Cicalo, an official from Sardinia's civil protection authority, told Italy's Rai TV.

"We haven't seen a situation as extreme as this, perhaps for decades. Especially because it's been across the whole island."

Local media report three people died when a road bridge collapsed onto their car near Olbia.

In a separate incident, a mother and her daughter were found dead in their car after it was swept away by floods.

Among the victims was also a police officer who died after a bridge collapsed.

Olbia Mayor Gianni Giovanelli was quoted by Sky TG24 as saying that the city had been destroyed by an "apocalyptic"' storm.

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19 NOVEMBER 2013

Toll from flash floods in Italy's Sardinia rises to 14

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A man walks in a flooded street of Siliqua, a tiny village in the center of Sardinia, on November 18, 2013

AFP - The toll from flash floods that swept through Italy's holiday island of Sardinia has risen to 14, regional president Ugo Cappellacci said on Tuesday.

On Monday rivers broke their banks and a cyclone smashed cars, flooded homes and brought down bridges on the island.

The previous toll stood at nine.

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