01:36Several neighbourhoods and roads were seen submerged in floods on Thursday after torrential rains swept Italy's Emilia-Romagna.
According to local media, thousands of residents have since been evacuated to safety after heavy downpours battered the region on Wednesday.
Schools were closed in the provinces of Ravenna, Forlì, Cesena, Rimini and in the metropolitan city of Bologna following extreme weather conditions. Meanwhile, railway services were also suspended in several other provinces.
The country's fire department said it carried out over 500 rescue operations in Emilia-Romagna, including with the use of helicopters.
Italy's meteorological agency, ItaliaMeteo, blamed cyclone Boris for causing continuous rainfall in the region, adding that the storm is moving west after leaving at least 21 people dead across central Europe since Thursday.
Reports indicate at least seven deaths in Romania, six in Poland, five in Austria and three in the Czech Republic. It also left tens of thousands of households without electricity or fresh water in Austria, Romania, Hungary, Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
The flooding has triggered memories of the devastating 1997 floods, which resulted in 54 deaths and forced 162,000 people to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Floodwaters sweep through Italy's Emilia-Romagna leaving whole neighbourhoods submerged
Several neighbourhoods and roads were seen submerged in floods on Thursday after torrential rains swept Italy's Emilia-Romagna.
According to local media, thousands of residents have since been evacuated to safety after heavy downpours battered the region on Wednesday.
Schools were closed in the provinces of Ravenna, Forlì, Cesena, Rimini and in the metropolitan city of Bologna following extreme weather conditions. Meanwhile, railway services were also suspended in several other provinces.
The country's fire department said it carried out over 500 rescue operations in Emilia-Romagna, including with the use of helicopters.
Italy's meteorological agency, ItaliaMeteo, blamed cyclone Boris for causing continuous rainfall in the region, adding that the storm is moving west after leaving at least 21 people dead across central Europe since Thursday.
Reports indicate at least seven deaths in Romania, six in Poland, five in Austria and three in the Czech Republic. It also left tens of thousands of households without electricity or fresh water in Austria, Romania, Hungary, Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
The flooding has triggered memories of the devastating 1997 floods, which resulted in 54 deaths and forced 162,000 people to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Several neighbourhoods and roads were seen submerged in floods on Thursday after torrential rains swept Italy's Emilia-Romagna.
According to local media, thousands of residents have since been evacuated to safety after heavy downpours battered the region on Wednesday.
Schools were closed in the provinces of Ravenna, Forlì, Cesena, Rimini and in the metropolitan city of Bologna following extreme weather conditions. Meanwhile, railway services were also suspended in several other provinces.
The country's fire department said it carried out over 500 rescue operations in Emilia-Romagna, including with the use of helicopters.
Italy's meteorological agency, ItaliaMeteo, blamed cyclone Boris for causing continuous rainfall in the region, adding that the storm is moving west after leaving at least 21 people dead across central Europe since Thursday.
Reports indicate at least seven deaths in Romania, six in Poland, five in Austria and three in the Czech Republic. It also left tens of thousands of households without electricity or fresh water in Austria, Romania, Hungary, Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
The flooding has triggered memories of the devastating 1997 floods, which resulted in 54 deaths and forced 162,000 people to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.