There has been flooding and landslides in parts of northern Italy as red alerts cover cities including Florence and Pisa.

Local authorities and civil protection heightened the alert level for the main river Arno, which crosses the cities of Florence and Pisa, and was expected to reach its peak later on Friday afternoon.

In Pisa, flood defences were being erected at the Arno river as local authorities warned it had surpassed the first ...

Heavy rains hit the Italian regions of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna on Friday, pushing the main rivers in the regions above alert levels for flooding. In the central Tuscany region, schools remained ...