Firefighters in the capital of Pescara in Abruzzo, Italy, reported receiving more than 200 phone calls for assistance after heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding in the area.

As our colleagues in BBC Weather point out, climate scientists have been warning us for years about extreme rainfall events like these as the planet warms. Heavy rain is expected over much of Italy over the next few days, with the regions of Emilia-Romagna and Lazio under yellow weather alerts.

Prague was putting up flood defences in the city's historic centre on Friday after Czech forecasters expanded a warning for extreme rainfall to areas of the country including the capital, which suffered catastrophic flooding more than 20 years ago.

Damage from a flood wave that hit Slovakia's capital overnight was limited by anti-flood dams, authorities say:::: Bratislava, Slovakia:: September 16, 2024The Danube crested over 3 feet overnight before slowly receding,

The biggest flood in 30 years hit Slovakia's capital Bratislava this week, forcing dozens of people from their. The west of the country has also been badly hit.

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At least 15 people have now died in flooding caused by Storm Boris in central and eastern Europe, with many countries bracing for more torrential rain. The flooding has been the worst central Europe has seen in at least two decades,