Towns around Lake Como hit by mudslides and floods

Mud and trees block a road in the Lake Como area, northern Italy, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Towns around Italy’s Lake Como hit by mudslides and floods on Tuesday, in yet an extreme example of extreme weather phenomenon that an agricultural lobby said Tuesday has intensified in recent years. Italian firefighters carried out more than 60 rescues after storms wreaked havoc around the picturesque lake ringed by mountains in northern Italy. They included bringing to safety an elderly woman blocked in her home, as well as a person with a disability and a caregiver isolated by a landslide. No deaths or injuries were reported. (Vigili del Fuoco via AP)

Towns around Italy’s famous Lake Como have been hit by mudslides and floods in another example of extreme weather phenomena that an agricultural lobby said had intensified in recent years.

Firefighters carried out more than 60 rescues after storms wreaked havoc around the picturesque lake ringed by mountains in northern Italy.