In the district Emilia Romagnain northeastern Italy, were noted once again widespread flooding from the bad weather that has been affecting the area for days.

Due to the incessant rain and overflowing rivers, much of the city of Bologna and the regions of Modena, Reggio Emilia, Ravenna and Piacenza were flooded.

As announced this morning by its prefecture Bolognain the area of ​​Pianoro was detected dead a man, who had been swept away in his car by the rapids. Efforts to locate one continue in the same area missing person.

The mayor of Bologna, Matteo Lepore, from yesterday, Saturday, evening, called on the residents to avoid any movement and to go up to the highest floors and the roofs of the apartment buildings. Dealing with the various problems was made even more difficult because the weather forecast had not mentioned such a severe wave of bad weather.

At this time, the operational committee of the Italian Civil Protection is meeting, to provide additional assistance to the people who were forced to leave their homes.

The damages, for the agricultural sector, at this stage are incalculable.

Today the wave of bad weather is expected to extend to Lower Italy and especially in the wider areas of Naples, Bari, Calabria and the region of Basilicata.

Finally, in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, it was decided to postpone all amateur football matches due to severe weather.