- AULLA, Italy: Soldiers and civilian rescue workers are searching for survivors after flash floods and mudslides inundated picturesque villages around the coastal region of Liguria and Tuscany, killing at least nine people and leaving six others missing.
Coast guard cutters were also called in Thursday following reports that some of the missing may have been swept into the sea by the fury of the storm.
Villages like Aulla in Tuscany, where two people are confirmed dead and one is listed as missing, were covered in knee-deep mud.
Six of the victims were in Borghetto Vara, a village in Liguria known for its grapes, wines and chestnuts. Roiling waters and mud tore through the village, 45 miles (75 kilometers) from Genoa and near the Cinque Terre, a popular vacation area.