A massive flood wave threatened new areas and heavy rains also caused flooding and evacuation of some 1,000 people in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna.

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The scale of destruction was significant and in places like Ladek Zdroj and Stronie Slaskie, telecommunications were disrupted by the flood. Work also began in previously flooded cities in the Czech ...

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