Two die in violent storms pounding Italy
STORY: Italy's civil protection unit said that the bad weather would sweep south overnight and issued warnings for Friday (August 19) for 11 of the country's 20 regions.
A man and a woman were crushed to death by trees in separate incidents in Tuscany, while four people were injured when a tree fell in a campsite in the same region.
The wind blew more than 87mph in some parts of northern Italy, damaging beach resorts in Liguria and Tuscany, meteorologists said.
Rain and gales pounded Bondeno, near Ferrara, where clean-up operations were underway on Thursday after strong wind uprooted several trees.
