FLOODS killed 12 people on the island of Sicily, including nine members of a single family, pushing Italy’s week-long storm toll beyond 30, rescuers say.
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| The flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice caused by a convergence of high tides and a strong Sirocco wind. |
After a river burst its banks, the bodies of the family including children aged one, three and 15 were discovered in the town of Casteldaccia in the Palerno region.
Their house was near a small river which had burst its banks, rescue services said.
The other victims’ ages ranged from 32 to 65.
Three family members managed to escape, one by climbing a tree, the Agi news agency reported.
“I lost everything, I have nothing left, just my daughter,” one of the survivors, 35-year-old Giuseppe Giordano, told journalists.
His wife, two other children, his parents, brother, and sister all died, he said.
Read the news.com.au story - “Fatalities rise in Italy’s worst storms and flooding in decades.”
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