The north-east and central regions of Italy are being battered, days after the storm caused widespread flooding in central Europe.

STORY: Forcing residents to clamber onto rooftops to reach safety, a storm system brought devastating floods to the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna on Thursday for the second year in a row.The national fire department said it carried out more than 500 rescue operations in the area,

Italian authorities have evacuated some 1,000 people from homes as the tail end of Storm Boris pummelled a northeastern region that was devastated by deadly flooding last year, regional authorities said on Thursday.