Bad weather leads to flooding of cities in northern Italy

The Italian Civil Protection Department has declared a maximum (red) weather alert due to heavy rainfall in the northern region of Lombardy, Report informs referring to TASS.

In six other regions of the country, the penultimate (orange) level has been declared.

Heavy rain hit Liguria. In Genoa, 80 mm of rain fell in an hour, which led to flooding in the city and at one of the railway stations. Interruptions are observed in the movement of trains on the Turin-Genoa line in Liguria, as well as on the Verona-Bolzano line due to damage caused by bad weather in the Verona area.

Due to a landslide in the French region of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, high-speed trains on the Milan-Paris route have been canceled.