Rome's Tiber River breaks its banks after Italy drenched by torrential rain...

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Flood water covered swathes of central and northern Italy today after the region was battered by torrential rain. Devastating storms caused huge damage at the weekend, washing out roads and isolating towns in southern Tuscany, where four people died as a result of flooding. Yesterday one of Rome's most historic bridges was closed as the swollen Tiber River roared through the capital and flooded outlying neighbourhoods.