Video. The village of Zafferia is at the centre of the clean-up efforts, with firefighters and rescue workers clearing mud and securing the area.

A flood has struck Sicily, Italy, following exceptionally intense rainfall. Meteorologists note that the island received more rainfall in just four hours than it typically accumulates in a month.

A flood hit Sicily, Italy, after exceptionally heavy rainfall. Meteorologists note that in just four hours, more rain fell on the island than usually falls in an entire month. The situation is ...

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Firefighters rescued residents from flooded streets and cars were washed away in the Sicilian region of Messina after a month's worth of rain fell in just four hours. Almost 150 millimetres of ...

Jumbled deposits of rock found on the top of hills in south-east Sicily were left by the megaflood that refilled the Mediterranean sea 5 million years – the largest known flooding event in Earth ...

Clean up efforts are underway in Messina after the Italian city in Sicily was hit by severe flooding. In a statement, city officials described the event as being of "exceptional magnitude" in a ...

Mount Etna’s eruption is drawing thrill-seeking tourists, but blocked roads and flight cancellations are causing chaos across Sicily.