Three people lost their lives in the past hours from the severe wave of bad weather that is hitting Italy.

They are two elderly people, 84 and 85 years oldwho were trying to clean their house from the mud in Tuscany, while the third victim, whose age has not been known, lived in the same region, in the city of Livorno.

Outside Florence the Bizenzio River overflowed and the authorities asked the residents to go up to the highest floors of the houses. In the city of Prato, part of the hospital and many uneven crossings were also flooded.

The governor of Tuscany, Eugenio Gianni declared a state of emergency in the area and there is great concern about possible overflowing of the great river Arno, at the height of the city of Pisa. Civil Protection approaches the affected areas with inflatable boats.

In northern Italy, finally, due to the wave of bad weather, two people are missing. One, as it became known, is a firefighter. He slipped and was swept away by the rushing waters of a torrent while trying to place sandbags to prevent disasters