Streets were flooded and train lines blocked as Cyclone Apollo approached the Italian island of Sicily on Friday, after a week of deadly storms.
Three people have already died this week and the regional leader told people on the island to stay at home to avoid what was described as a "medicane" or Mediterranean hurricane.
Gales, torrential rain and flooding hit the towns of Augusta and Syracuse.
Emergency services rescued dozens of people from storm-damaged homes.
Eight months of rainfall fell on Sicily in a matter of eight hours, civil defence volunteers said, as Apollo ravaged the south and east coast....
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