Overview

• A 64-year-old German woman was swept away from a campsite in Spigno Monferrato, Piedmont, with firefighters, divers, drones and a helicopter searching the Valla area.
• Milan’s Seveso river overtopped containment basins, flooding districts such as Niguarda and prompting warnings to avoid underpasses and parks.
• Rail links including Como–Chiasso were cut, roads were blocked by landslides, and dozens of campers and residents were evacuated around Lake Como and Alessandria.
• At least two deaths were confirmed elsewhere in the region: a recovered body in Catalonia near Barcelona and a 55-year-old woman in Brittany trapped in a car on a flooded road.
• Weather services logged exceptional downpours — up to 40 l/m² in 30 minutes in parts of Catalonia and over 100 mm in Brittany — with scientists linking such extremes to a warming climate.