Five killed in heavy rains

Rome - Four young Italians died in a car accident at the weekend and another died when when his car was hit by a mudslide as …

Rome - Four young Italians died in a car accident at the weekend and another died when when his car was hit by a mudslide as torrential rain swept the country. Venice has been put on flood alert.

Four of the victims died in the south-eastern Puglia region while the mudslide victim died in the north-western region of Val d'Aoste.

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