Authorities in Tuscany declared a state of emergency as weather specialists reported record rainfall.
A man makes his way on a flooded street in Campi di Bisenzio, in the central Italian Tuscany region on Friday.
Another three people were killed off the coast of Portugal on Friday when a yacht ran aground north of Lisbon in strong swells. “What happened tonight in Tuscany has a name: climate change,” Giani wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced an initial state aid package of €5 million for the region as she confirmed a state of emergency to fast-track funding and resources.Three people aboard the Danish-flagged sailboat that capsized off a beach at Santa Cruz north of Lisbon were found dead on the shore near the boat’s wreckage on Friday, a navy spokesman told AFP.
On the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, shipowner Francois-Xavier Bacchidu said the damage was “totally unheard of” as he surveyed the scene of overturned boats and damaged buildings.
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