Heavy rainfall sent floodwaters rushing through parts of northern Italy and southern France Thursday into Friday, swamping buildings, trapping vehicles and killing at least one.
Flooding swamped city streets in the northern Italian coastal city of Genoa (population about 600,000) Thursday night. Numerous vehicles were trapped by water up to windshields, then floated, and piled into and on top of each other once the floodwaters subsided.
A 57-year-old man was killed in Genoa after being swept away in floodwaters, according to Reuters. Streets were left covered in mud after the water receded. A retaining wall collapsed and forced the evacuation of 16 families and a few mudslides were reported on several major highways, according to Italian news site Primocanale.it.
More than 7 inches of rain fell in Genoa in a three-day period ending Friday morning, local time. However, Thursday into early Friday, alone, 7-12 inches of rain had fallen in the Apennine Mountains north of the city, helping to push the Bisagno River well out of its banks.
A man enters his partially-buried car, on October 10, 2014 in Nimes, after heavy showers led to flash floods. (BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images)
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