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Italy Storms Kill Two in Friuli Mudslide as Search and Flood Defenses Intensify

Officials escalated protections by raising Venice's MOSE barriers and keeping orange alerts in force.

Overview

  • A 32-year-old German resident and his 83-year-old neighbor were found dead after a mudslide hit Brazzano di Cormons, with authorities saying he had returned to warn her of danger.
  • Three houses were buried by the slide and one man was pulled out alive with a broken leg and taken to a hospital in Udine.
  • Fire brigades reported around 200 deployments across the region as crews pumped flooded basements, secured buildings and supported evacuations and local school closures.
  • The Torre river overflowed in Gorizia province, forcing rooftop rescues in towns including Romans d'Isonzo and Versa, where hundreds of residents were moved to safety.
  • In Liguria, flash floods and a powerful descending wind near Genoa overturned vans and uprooted trees, and a collapsing garden wall in Pegli buried parked cars without injuries.