Heavy rain uncovers dead

Rome - Heavy rains washed trains off the lines yesterday and uncovered corpses buried for nearly a century as Italy was hit by…

Rome - Heavy rains washed trains off the lines yesterday and uncovered corpses buried for nearly a century as Italy was hit by its third bout of rainstorms in a month.

In Sicily the engine and two carriages of the mainline train to Milan were derailed by mud on the tracks, slightly injuring two people, police said.

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