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Heavy rains cause extensive flooding in northern Italy

Days of rainstorms stretched across northern Italy and the Balkans, where floods, landslides and evacuations were also reported.

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Firefighters rescue an elderly man in the flooded village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17. Exceptional rains Wednesday in a drought-struck region of northern Italy swelled rivers over their banks, killing at least eight people, forcing the evacuation of thousands and prompting officials to warn that Italy needs a national plan to combat climate change-induced flooding.
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A family is rescued in flooded village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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A boy pedals in a flooded street in the village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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Rescuers checks buildings in the flooded village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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A man walks in a flooded street in the village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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People are on a truck after being rescued by firefighters in the village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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A man walks in a flooded street in the village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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A man pedals in a flooded street in the village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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Firefighters and army soldiers arrive in a flooded street in the village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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Muddy water rages through a flooded street in the village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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A car lies on a flooded street in the village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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A man watches a flooded street in the village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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A couple makes its way through a flooded street in the village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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A man walks his dog along a flooded street in Castel Bolognese, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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This photo provided by the Italian Carabinieri police shows flooded fields in the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna, Wednesday, May 17.
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This photo provided by the Italian Coast guard shows rescuers saving a man from the roof of a flooded house, in the area of the town of Faenza in the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna, Wednesday, May 17.
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A man holding a child looks at the swollen Santerno River with behind the Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit, in Imola, Italy, Wednesday, May 17. The weekend's Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in Imola has been canceled because of deadly floods.
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People look at the swollen Santerno River near the Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit, in Imola, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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A view of the swollen Santerno River with behind the Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit, in Imola, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.
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A view of the swollen Santerno River with behind the Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit, in Imola, Italy, Wednesday, May 17.

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