Deadly Floods Tear Through Italian Riviera

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Source: Sky News

Eight people have been killed and six others are missing after flash floods hit the Italian Riviera turning roads into rivers and washing cars out to sea.

The huge downpour also triggered off landslides along some of Italy's most picturesque coastline along the Cinque Terre which is a popular destination for British holidaymakers.

Today fire crews and civil protection teams were working their way through the flood ravaged towns of Vernazza and Monteroso where two people were rescued from a flooded bank while residents were being evacuated by sea.

Officials said that within a 24-hour period, 500mm of rain had fallen and this had led to houses collapsing and roads and railway lines subsiding - trains heading north along the coast from the south of Italy were being severely delayed.


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1. The .1% didn't want it anyway, so no matter. The .1% are okay and that's all that matters in the

world. Whenever a natural disaster occurs, all that matters is: are the .1% okay? If so, global warming will continue unabated.

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2. Very sad

I was just there in August. These beautiful villages survive on tourism and fishing. The Italian economy already sucks and this will make it even harder for the people of in this area.