Italy floods: F1 Imola race cancelled as deadly deluge sparks evacuations in Emilia-Romagna

Eight radical person been killed and respective are missing aft dense rains caused flooding successful Italy's bluish Emilia-Romagna region, officials say.

About 10,000 radical person been evacuated, and immoderate had to beryllium rescued from roofs by helicopter.

The authorities accidental 14 rivers person breached their banks, flooding 23 towns. The politician of Ravenna says his metropolis is present "unrecognisable".

The Emilia-Romagna F1 Grand Prix this play has present been cancelled.

Discussions connected Wednesday betwixt section authorities and organisers of the contention astatine Imola concluded that the lawsuit could not spell ahead.

Further rainfall is expected successful the portion implicit the coming days.

"It's astir apt been the worst nighttime successful the past of Romagna," Ravenna Mayor Michele de Pascale told Italy's RAI nationalist broadcaster. "Ravenna is unrecognisable for the harm it has suffered."

The politician of adjacent Forli, Gian Luca Zattini, said his metropolis was "on its knees, devastated and successful pain", AFP quality bureau reported.

In the metropolis of Cesena, residents climbed connected the rooftops and waited to beryllium rescued by chopper oregon boat.

In Castel Bolognese, the politician said the concern was "catastrophic", the BBC's Sofia Bettiza successful Italy reports. Thousands of radical surviving successful single-floor homes needed to beryllium rescued, the politician added.

There is presently nary energy successful the town, our analogous adds. People are sheltering successful gyms and schools crossed Emilia-Romagna.

Regional President Stefano Bonaccini urged residents not spell adjacent the rivers. "Those who unrecorded successful areas adjacent to watercourses should determination to higher floors," helium wrote successful a station connected Facebook connected Wednesday.

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni chaired a situation gathering with civilian extortion officials.

In immoderate areas it has not been imaginable to gauge the rainfall, due to the fact that the magnitude exceeded what their instruments could record.

Northern Italy has gone from terrible drought to flooding rain, with the latest deluge caused by Storm Minerva dumping torrential rainfall successful the region, BBC Weather Presenter Chris Fawkes said.

"This country was besides deed with torrential rainfall astatine the commencement of the period starring to flooding, and this volition person near saturated soils, little capable to soak up this latest circular of dense rain," helium added.

"It's successful stark opposition to the authorities of exigency declared by the Italian authorities past twelvemonth owed to ongoing terrible drought. Further thundery downpours are expected for Italy implicit the adjacent mates of weeks."

Have you been affected by the flooding successful Italy? If it is harmless to bash so, stock your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.

Please see a interaction fig if you are consenting to talk to a BBC journalist. You tin besides get successful interaction successful the pursuing ways:

If you are speechmaking this leafage and can't spot the signifier you volition request to sojourn the mobile mentation of the BBC website to taxable your question oregon remark oregon you tin email america astatine HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please see your name, property and determination with immoderate submission.