Torrential rain in Italy triggered flooding that killed at least five people Sunday in the Tuscan port town of Leghorn, including four family members trapped by rising water in their basement. The Italian news agency ANSA said the bodies of a 4-year-old boy, his parents and grandfather were found in the flooded basement of their two-family home. The death toll could rise as at least two other people were known to be missing, Anna Marie Manzone, a provincial interior ministry official, told Sky TG24 TV. Mayor Filippo Nogarin said he couldn’t immediately confirm the number, but added that casualties could increase because several people were missing. Leghorn Mayor Filippo Nogarin said a “a crazy amount of rain” pummeled Leghorn in the space of a few hours and “the city is literally devastated.”

Strong winds toppled trees and many parked cars were nearly submerged by flood waters that also left streets clogged with mud. In Rome, which until recently suffered through three and a half months of drought, the downpour made streets resemble fast-moving streams and several underground stations were closed.
Floods, following torrential rain, kill at least six people in the port city of Livorno, Italy.