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 The centre of picturesque Florence has been plunged into chaos after part of the embankment of the River Arno collapsed on Wednesday, causing an estimated €5 million of damage and thought to be down to "human error". https://www.thelocal.it/20160526/the-aftermath-florence-sinkhole-damage-publiacqua-blame Thu, 26 May 2016 11:49:29 +0200 the-aftermath-florence-sinkhole-damage-publiacqua-blame A huge sinkhole measuring 200 by seven metres opened up in Florence on Wednesday morning, engulfing 20 parked cars. https://www.thelocal.it/20160525/200-metre-sinkhole-swallows-cars-in-central-florence Wed, 25 May 2016 11:32:25 +0200 200-metre-sinkhole-swallows-cars-in-central-florence A 40-year-old man was slapped with a hefty fine on Monday when he stopped to urinate at the side of a main road in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160330/man-fined-3333-for-weeing-beside-italian-road Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:43:17 +0200 man-fined-3333-for-weeing-beside-italian-road A parked car was swallowed up by a sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road in Sicily after heavy rain on Wednesday evening. https://www.thelocal.it/20151022/sinkhole-swallows-car-in-catania-amid-downpour Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:27:27 +0200 sinkhole-swallows-car-in-catania-amid-downpour Three Italian backpackers were killed and another was injured after the car they were travelling in crashed on a highway in northern Queensland, Australia. https://www.thelocal.it/20150727/three-italians-die-in-australia-road-crash Mon, 27 Jul 2015 10:29:04 +0200 three-italians-die-in-australia-road-crash Protecting ducks isn't normally part of the job description of Rome's traffic police, but a video showing the policemen helping a family of ducks cross a busy road has gone viral in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150529/video-rome-traffic-police-help-ducks-cross-road Fri, 29 May 2015 13:49:54 +0200 video-rome-traffic-police-help-ducks-cross-road Over 300 people had to be evacuated from their homes on a street in a Naples suburb when a massive sinkhole opened up after heavy rain and a burst water pipe caused the road to cave in. https://www.thelocal.it/20150224/video-massive-sinkhole-opens-up-in-naples Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:22:00 +0100 video-massive-sinkhole-opens-up-in-naples