Some homes in the Tuscan
municipalities of Montale, Montemurlo and Prato are to be
evacuated in the coming hours as a precautionary measure in view
of further heavy rainfall, Tuscany Governor Eugenio Giani said
on Saturday afternoon.
The affected homes are in the areas near where the rivers Agna
and Bagnolo have broken their banks, he added.
Earlier civil protection chief Fabrizio Curcio said some areas
would be subject to preventive evacuation with the agreement of
local mayors later in the day as another storm front began to
work its way down the country.
Seven people are known to have died and one person is still
missing after Storm Ciaran caused heavy flooding in many parts
of the central-northern region on Thursday.
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