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Italy Storms Trigger Landslides and Floods in Liguria and Friuli as Search Continues for Two Missing

Ongoing rescue operations continue under sustained weather alerts across northern and central Italy.

Overview

  • A landslide in Brazzano di Cormons swept away a house, with one person rescued and two people reported missing, including a German resident and an elderly woman.
  • Up to 200 millimeters of rain fell in about 12 hours, unleashing floods and mudslides from Liguria to Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna.
  • In Genoa, a garden retaining wall in Pegli collapsed and buried parked cars, a downburst between Voltri and Sampierdarena overturned vans and uprooted trees, and passengers were freed after a tree halted the Sant’Anna funicular.
  • Civil protection maintained orange-level warnings for several regions, local authorities closed vulnerable areas, and firefighters logged roughly 200 interventions in the UdineGorizia area as rivers overflowed and evacuations proceeded.
  • Venice activated the MOSE barriers to prevent high water, and forecasts tied to the same system point to a cold front bringing snowfall to Austria with the snowline dropping to roughly 700 meters.