The northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna was flooded overnight after the region experienced torrential rains.

A warning of “severe flooding” across parts of Italy has been issued by the Foreign Office. The updated travel advice came as Storm Boris struck the Emilia-Romanga region after causing extensive damage due to flooding across central and eastern Europe.

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.

Italian authorities evacuated some 1,000 people from their homes as the tail end of Storm Boris hit a northeastern region that was devastated by deadly flooding last year, regional authorities said.

Rome: About a thousand residents were evacuated in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna after it was hit by torrential rains and severe flooding overnight, local media reported Thursday. Rivers flooded in three of the region's provinces — Ravenna,

The Senio river has overflowed in Castel Bolognese near Ravenna and the water is reaching the central part of the city while across the Emilia-Romagna region over 1,000 people have been evacuated amid worsening weather conditions as incessant rain is swelling rivers,