The red and orange weather alerts in place across Italy are expected to remain in place until Tuesday.
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00:00Red and orange weather alerts are in place across Italy as heavy rainfall causes flash
00:06flooding throughout the country.
00:09The region of Emilia Romagna has so far been the worst hit, with one person killed after
00:15a car was swept away by a flood wave in the town of Pianuro near Bologna.
00:20Tuscany's River Elsa and Sicily's River Salso have both burst their banks and residents
00:26in both areas have been advised to avoid non-essential travel.
00:31Weather warnings are expected to remain in place until Tuesday.
00:36Meanwhile in central France, severe flooding has caused widespread damage and power outages.
00:43Many residents have returned to find their homes destroyed.
00:48On Friday, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said that firefighters and other rescuers
00:53have been involved in roughly 2,300 operations so far.