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Italy Storms Flood Towns, Isolate Elba Residents and Halt Rail After Track Washout

Authorities maintain orange alerts across several regions during ongoing rescue operations.

Overview

  • Fire brigades recorded roughly 280 emergency interventions overnight across affected areas, including about 100 in Rome.
  • A commuter train near Bulciago in Lecco was stopped just before a storm‑carved hole undermined the Lecco–Monza line, suspending service between Lecco and Milan.
  • On Elba, a landslide blocked the sole access road to Forno and temporarily cut off around 200 residents as Portoferraio’s center and industrial zone flooded.
  • In Lake Como towns Blevio and Torno, 24 people were evacuated after a slide buried the state road, and 19 people were rescued from flooded buildings near Como.
  • Civil protection kept orange warnings in place for Lombardy, Friuli‑Venezia Giulia, Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, and firefighters reported about 150 additional callouts in Lombardy into Thursday.