Five people have been killed after rivers overflowed following torrential rain in the central Italian region of Tuscany, local authorities said on Friday, as Storm Ciaran continued to lash western Europe. There had been fears that the River Arno could…
At least six residents of a retirement home in Milan have died and dozens more were injured after a fire broke out overnight. "Six people died and many others were taken to hospital with smoke inhalation. Firefighters rescued dozens of…
At least eight people have been killed by torrential overnight rains and floods in the central Italian region of Marche, authorities said on Friday, as rescuers continued to search for four people missing. Around 400 millimetres of rain fell within…
RESCUE teams are frantically searching for a helicopter after it vanished over Italy with seven people onboard. The chopper took off from Capannori Lucca Tassignano airport in Lucca yesterday morning after being privately hired and was due to arrive at…
A bus carrying Ukrainian refugees overturned on a major highway in northern Italy at dawn on Sunday, killing a young mother, Italian firefighters and news reports said. Italian state TV also said five people were injured, but none seriously, in…
A tornado has killed a 53-year-old man on the island of Sicily as well as injuring others and damaging buildings and farmland. Further devastation was reported in Sicily on Wednesday after several waves of bad weather struck the island in…
A Romanian billionaire and members of his family were reportedly among the eight passengers killed in a plane crash in a Milan suburb at the weekend. Dan Petrescu, one of Romania’s richest men, was the pilot and owner of the small plane that crashed…
Italian firefighters are still tackling a major fire at a 20-story apartment building in Milan but said there was no indication that anyone was missing inside. The blaze was first reported on Sunday by a resident, who sounded the alarm…
Fourteen people, including at least one child, have been killed and another child is seriously injured after a cable car fell on a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy on Sunday. The accident happened on a service transporting passengers…