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Headline: Severe Flooding Hits Italy's Emilia-Romagna Region
Caption: **RAW VIDEO** This video footage shows the Savio river overflowing in Cesena on Tuesday (16 May2023) following major flooding in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region. People stranded on the roofs due to the high water level were reported, with rescuers from the Italian emergency services using helicopters to search for the affected. At least three people died and thousands were evacuated from their homes as devastating floods hit the region. The situation may yet worsen, authorities said Wednesday, as heavy rainfall had yet to stop. "The rainfall is not over, it will continue for several hours," the deputy head of the Civil Protection Agency, Titti Postiglione, told the SkyTG24 news channel. "We are facing a very, very complicated situation." Officials said three dead bodies had been found in the towns of Forli, Cesena and Cesenatico, with three people missing. Fourteen rivers broke their banks in the region, with the weekend’s Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix under threat due to the weather.
Keywords: emilia-romagna,flooding,climate change,weather,italy,grand prix,water,rivers,disaster,natural world
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