Italy's Northeast Floods Displace Thousands and Claim Lives.

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Italy's Northeast Floods Displace Thousands and Claim Lives.
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More than 36,000 people have been displaced by deadly floods in northeast Italy, with 14 people killed and rising waters swallowing more houses. The floods caused more than 305 landslides and damaged or closed over 500 roads in the region. The floods are the latest in a series of extreme weather events that have slammed Italy over the past year. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she would leave the G7 summit in Hiroshima a day earlier than scheduled to lead the response to the flooding. Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Unipol Gruppo agreed to join forces to help people hit by flooding in northern Italy connect to the internet, facilitating rescue operations.

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