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Storm Ciaran kills five as it brings record rainfall to Italy
A man walks by washed ashore boats on the beach of Pornichet, Brittany, November 2, 2023
RECOR-BREAKING rain produced floods in a vast swath of Italy’s Tuscany region as Storm Ciaran pushed into the country overnight, trapping residents in their homes, inundating hospitals and overturning cars.
At least five people were killed, bringing the storm’s death toll in western Europe to 12 on Friday.
Italian Civil Protection authorities said that nearly eight inches of rain fell in a three-hour period.
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