https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A 42-year-old runner was killed on Sunday after being struck by lightning during a mountain race in Gemona del Friuli, in the northern Italian province of Udine. https://www.thelocal.it/20160516/runner-killed-by-lightning-strike-as-storms-batter-italy Mon, 16 May 2016 13:59:47 +0200 runner-killed-by-lightning-strike-as-storms-batter-italy A 47-year-old woman is in a coma and 14 others were injured after lightning struck a trullo, a home typical of the Puglia region, on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150817/woman-in-coma-after-lightning-strikes-trullo Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:43:14 +0200 woman-in-coma-after-lightning-strikes-trullo An Alitalia plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Rome’s Fiumicino airport on Wednesday evening after being struck by lightning. https://www.thelocal.it/20141106/alitalia-jet-hit-by-lightning-as-storms-pound-italy Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:06:00 +0100 alitalia-jet-hit-by-lightning-as-storms-pound-italy A 14-year-old deaf French boy is in a coma after being struck by lightning at southern Italy’s Mount Vesuvius on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140620/french-boy-in-coma-mount-vesuvius-lightning-strike Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:18:00 +0200 french-boy-in-coma-mount-vesuvius-lightning-strike A man died after being struck by lightning outside a cemetery in Latina, a town south of Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20140619/man-killed-by-lightning-outside-cemetery Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:48:00 +0200 man-killed-by-lightning-outside-cemetery A plane flying from Rome was hit by lightning on Wednesday morning, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140220/alitalia-flight-struck-by-lightning-bolt Thu, 20 Feb 2014 11:48:00 +0100 alitalia-flight-struck-by-lightning-bolt A six-year-old boy in northern Italy survived being struck by lightning on Sunday evening, while having a bath at home, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20131021/miracle-saves-boy-from-bathtub-lightning-bolt Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:52:00 +0200 miracle-saves-boy-from-bathtub-lightning-bolt Summer came to an electric end in Italy on Tuesday as 40,000 lightning strikes rained down on the country, an expert told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20130828/40000-lightning-bolts-strike-italy-in-a-day Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:55:00 +0200 40000-lightning-bolts-strike-italy-in-a-day