Freak storms and flash flooding following last week’s heatwave in Italy claimed three lives over the weekend, including a young woman caught up in a mini-tornado near Rome’s Fiumicino airport.
Further north, a 45-year-old Norwegian competing in an ultramarathon in the Dolomite Mountains died after being hit by lightning as he ran at 2,000m altitude.Coldiretti, Italy’s main agricultural organisation, said hail storms over the last 24 hours had caused millions of euros worth of damage across the country.Worst hit was Arezzo province, they said. Orchards, as well as fields of tobacco, sunflowers and corn were completely destroyed, they said.
