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 Freak storms and flash flooding following last week's heatwave in Italy claimed three lives over the weekend, including a young woman caught up in a mini-tornado near Rome's Fiumicino airport. https://www.thelocal.it/20190729/italy-extreme-weather-three-dead Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:09:16 +0200 italy-extreme-weather-three-dead Italy’s southern and central-southern regions experienced yet more bad weather over the weekend, with two tornadoes striking the peninsula in the space of a single day on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20181126/storm-battered-southern-italy-hit-by-more-bad-weather Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:00:00 +0100 storm-battered-southern-italy-hit-by-more-bad-weather An Indian national was one of two people who died after the outskirts of Rome were hit by a tornado powerful enough to uproot trees, overturn cars and damage buildings, Italian authorities said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161107/two-dead-after-tornado-strikes-near-rome Mon, 07 Nov 2016 11:50:38 +0100 two-dead-after-tornado-strikes-near-rome A giant tornado struck a beach near Venice on Saturday, damaging properties and injuring two people. https://www.thelocal.it/20160606/watch-this-violent-tornado-strike-venice-lido Mon, 06 Jun 2016 12:26:26 +0200 watch-this-violent-tornado-strike-venice-lido The Italian government has pledged to spend €1.3 billion on implementing flood prevention and safety measures after three people were killed in a landslide in the Veneto region this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20150806/italy-to-spend-13-billion-on-flood-defences Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:59:36 +0200 italy-to-spend-13-billion-on-flood-defences Tuscany's leaders are considering making refugees help clean up Florence after the Tuscan jewel was the battered by a violent storm on Saturday evening. https://www.thelocal.it/20150803/florence-mulls-using-migrants-for-storm-clean-up Mon, 03 Aug 2015 12:35:37 +0200 florence-mulls-using-migrants-for-storm-clean-up The hot stuffy weather brought by the hellish heatwave Caronte is set to end this weekend, but meteorologists are warning that it's no cause for celebration. https://www.thelocal.it/20150722/tornado-predicted-as-heatwave-ends Wed, 22 Jul 2015 12:15:54 +0200 tornado-predicted-as-heatwave-ends Dozens of migrants are helping to clean up debris and rebuild homes destroyed by a tornado in the Venice area last week, telling the Italian media they wanted to help those who "had lost everything". https://www.thelocal.it/20150713/migrants-help-clean-up-after-venice-tornado Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:18:23 +0200 migrants-help-clean-up-after-venice-tornado One person was killed and more than thirty were injured when a tornado swept through the outskirts of Venice on Wednesday night, destroying dozens of homes and other buildings. https://www.thelocal.it/20150709/one-killed-as-tornado-sweeps-through-venice Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:13:57 +0200 one-killed-as-tornado-sweeps-through-venice A series of five tornadoes swept through northern Italy on Tuesday, prompting flights to be diverted and causing millions of euros worth of damage. https://www.thelocal.it/20140820/day-of-fear-as-five-tornadoes-hit-italy Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:41:00 +0200 day-of-fear-as-five-tornadoes-hit-italy A tornado has swept through the Modena area in central Italy, leaving three people injured and ripping roofs off homes. https://www.thelocal.it/20140502/three-injured-as-tornado-strikes-italy Fri, 02 May 2014 14:11:00 +0200 three-injured-as-tornado-strikes-italy Tornadoes hit the province of Milan on Monday, destroying warehouses and cars and forcing residents to flee their homes, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20130730/tornadoes-rip-through-milan Tue, 30 Jul 2013 19:32:00 +0200 tornadoes-rip-through-milan A state of emergency is set to be declared in the city of Biella in Piemonte after a tornado hit the area on Wednesday morning, leaving dozens of homes and businesses damaged, according to Italian news reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20130619/tornado-hits-northern-italy Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:22:00 +0200 tornado-hits-northern-italy