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Cars are blocked in flooded streets in Milan, northern Italy, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. Lombardy and Veneto have been hit by widespread flooding, causing damage and disruption in the city of Milan, where the local Seveso and Lambro rivers overflowed. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

Torrential rains in northern Italy flood Milan and leave a man missing

A wave of violent storms and torrential rain have battered northern Italy, raising fears for the life of a man who was swept away on a tractor in the Piedmont region

By AP News
Published - Sep 05, 2024, 01:32 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 07:32 PM EST

ROME (AP) — A wave of violent rainstorms battered northern Italy on Thursday, flooding the financial hub of Milan and raising fears for the life of a man who was swept away on a tractor in the Piedmont region.

Footage by state TV RAI showed the wheel of the vehicle still visible inside the Orco creek, near Turin, where the tractor overturned in muddy water. Local rescuers said they were searching for the missing 58-year-old man.

Another river overflowed in Piedmont's Val di Susa, collapsing two bridges, blocking a provincial road and isolating about 50 people in two villages.

Two other northern regions, Lombardy and Veneto, were hit by widespread flooding, which caused damage and disruption in the city of Milan, where the Seveso and Lambro rivers overflowed.

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