Devastating floods have hit northern Italy sweeping through the popular Lake Como district piling debris fallen trees, and partially submerging cars. Fire crews performed at least 70 operations after the Seveso River’s embankment gave way. The torrential rain triggered several landslides which trapped residents in their homes and blocked the Como–Chiasso railway line. In Meda, an air rescue team lifted a mother and her young daughter to safety from their flooded home, in Milan, crews evacuated a