Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci said some areas had received half their average annual rainfall in just 36 hours, causing rivers to burst their banks, sending water cascading through towns and submerging thousands of acres of farmland.
https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2023/0517/1384116-italy-floods/
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