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Fabio Muzzi / AFP - Getty Images
People try to cross a street as water runs through in Monterosso, one of the villages that make up the Five Lands after overnight floods, Oct. 26.
Riccardo Dalle Luche / EPA
Residents view cars piled up after heavy floods in Aulla, Massa Carrara, Italy, on October 26. At least five people were killed in overnight rains and flooding in Italy's northwestern and central regions of Liguria and Tuscany, officials said.
Fabio Muzzi / AFP - Getty Images
A man walks on mud and debris between broken cars in a street of Monterosso, one of the five villages that make up the Five Lands after overnight floods, on Oct. 26, in the Spezia region. The areas worst hit by the floods in Italy were the Spezia region and the picturesque Five Lands tourist destination.
Luca Zennaro / EPA
A distraught woman surveys the scene of devastation in front of a destroyed house in Brugnato, Liguria, Wednesday, Oct. 26, after torrential rain caused flooding and landslides in Liguria and Tuscany. At least seven people have been reported missing. Phone lines have been brought down and there have been power cuts in some areas.
Heavy rains caused sudden flooding in Liguria and Tuscany in northwest Italy. In the hardest hit area of 'Cinque Terre' (or Five Lands), towns were cut off as roads were washed away. At least nine people were killed and more were still missing. Full story.
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The cast of Jersey Shores came back, eh?
GOD'S RETRIBUTION for unjustly putting Americans in jail and not paying for the damages caused by Italy as an Axis power and the killings of hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world!
get a life...please..
jacksonal.
Dumbass comes to mind. There is no god!
jack,go get your head examined,pronto!
Jacksonal: So it is also God's retribution when thousands of Americans suffer damage from floods and tornados and other natural disasters? Stop making imaginary links between natural events and your very unhealthy concept of God as some kind of psychotic avenger. At the very least, His timing is badly off, since very few of these people were even alive in WWII.
From the first picture it looks like carrot top is balding.
All these terrible disasters happening, it is mind boggling. God Bless all those people who have died, missing and injured. I hadn't read of this disaster until just now. God Bless them all.
DAMN!!! @phillyfan...i was just gonna make a Carrot Top remark!!
People like Jacksonal give all of us Christians a bad image. Thanks, bud.
-back to the flooding in Italy- HOLY CRAP! We had bad flooding this summer in Nebraska, particularly where I live. Entire canyons were full of water and the Platte river was running her banks.. the National Guard had to step in to help everyone out. As far as I know there were no deaths, and certainly no mudslides on such a high category. I really hope everyone over there gets to safety :(
Global Warm*OUCH I bite my Republican tongue!* :)
I would like to recommend that car manufacturers price a extra option to foam all the wall compartments of a car body so it will float. Might save some on insurance. LOL
Floods have nothing to do with global warming, stop being paranoiac. It always existed and will always exist. It's time you realize you live on an evolving planet.
No, floods, drought, severe storms etc alone do not prove Global Warming. The unprecedented amount seen for the last few years may. :)
To the contrary, floods and extreme weather events in general have everything to do with climate change. From Scientific American:
Storm Warnings: Extreme Weather Is a Product of Climate Change
This is ridiculous! Do you realize that the only reason why you see more floods on tv and data is because humans build homes anywhere today ? We are much more today and the medias cover more too, that's simply why.
The Earth has known COUNTLESS global warming and froze. Don't you worry about the planet please! The only victims will be humans, tell me, you own an electric car do you ? If not you have absolutely to lesson to give.
"Extreme weather" can be found at any century. For example in Paris in the early 1900s the weather was so messed up the trees still had leafs in January. Anomalies happen.
Chris, sometimes it pays to actually read the link provided.
[sarcasm]Yeah Chris is right, Italy is a newly formed nation with newly colonized land.[/sarcasm] If you read the actual article instead of a photo blog, you may notice they mention some Middle Age Period and BC buildings were damaged... they must have relocated them to flood areas just like Chris says.
There is Ford in the pile of cars, I think we are doing fine in Europe.
Feel sorry for the people!
People, are you reading the signs? Climate change is upon us. Are you prepared? Do you know how to grow your own food? Do you have alternative ways to cook or stay warm and/or dry? Do you have a plan of where to hook up with your family in the event of a disaster in your town? Do you have a way to stay in touch with the news updates? Candles? Extra food? Get yourself in position - just in case. And for all you who are calling this global warming crank it up a notch to climate change.
Maureen-2409084
I'm way ahead of you. I have stockpiled 10 years worth of food, 10,000 gallons of gasoline, have 2 rooms full of toiletries and medical supplies. I have placed a 500 ft long pipe that leads to a water reservoir below and have a water purification system in place. I have built a power-generating system that runs on water. I've turned my backyard into a self-sustaining garden. To protect myself I turned my house into an impenetrable bunker with walls 5 ft thick. Just in case I get attacked, I have a huge assortment of weapons from handguns to a gattling guns with nearly infinite rounds for each weapon.
your place is a bomb in the making. watch where you strike your match...!
A little Paranoid are we?
And while you are stockpiling weaponry, maybe you should think about what kind of world you want to inhabit, how you can work with others to create that place - and how long you will really enjoy your lonely, miserable life in your barricaded post, even if your food did last 10 years.
Uh..........I think Maureen and what_the_81 are joking.
We should be helping the wonderful people of Italy,
I don't think that Maureen was joking, but I do think that what_the_81 was joking.
I dont know how to do much...I will just wait for the government to save me , teach me how to take from others as they have taken from the people of this society,...robbed, robbed I tell you and we just sit around and let the so called government from the four corners of the earth rob us day in and day out. We swallow their bureacratic bull @!$%#, damn them all, kick their ass to the curb.
bohnmann, I don't know either one of them--for all I know they may be serious.
I live in hurricane territory and we're pretty laid back here. Heck, I don't even have a gallon of water. Guess I'll wait for the government, like Terry Key says, above. :)
At least philly fan has a sense of humor, Post 1.7.
Yes, climate change and there ain't nothing we gonna do to stop it, so the best bet is to get prepared.
Food storage isn't a bad idea even if it doesn't happen food will be cheaper today than tomorrow.
I have established a food bank for one day to celebrate all the dumb predictions on this page. Potato Chips anyone
The strongest thing on planet earth is mother nature, beats out the nukes easy at no cost of money to make and can attacik anywhere it wants at any time it wants!
The "She Devil" put a whammy on them...
I can't believe some of you people, if you can call yourself that! You would sure want your share of compassion, understanding and here's a new word for you... RESPECT should anything ever happen to you or to your community! These people, just like many who have endured flood, storm and tornadic events (that's a tornado for those of you who still write with a crayon), or any other natural event. It's called a tragedy! I would expect this from my son at the age of 4 who still has to be reminded not to chew with his mouth open so others don't have to witness the half masticated mess rolling around his lips, but that's to be expected at that age. So, with that it's time to stop amusing yourself at local accident scenes and other sad events such as this and put your big boy pants on and show the world you have an ounce of decency, respect and compassion for your fellow human being. For those of you that this would apply to, you might even want to say a little prayer for another human being attempting to make their way through this societal civilized world which here we would like to consider a democracy. Those who do not believe can simply say that's truly sad and a well wish and hope that nobody was hurt or killed. Even at 4 my son understands and verbalizes that rudimentary emotion. Ciao
Well said, Bill, well said.
Bill, Bill, Bill, Have you learned nothing from the internet? It's full of trolls and weasels who lack compassion, sympathy, and empathy, for other human beings. Be not afraid or worried for they shall eventually get their comeuppance. Disaster will strike and then they shall be wailing, crying, and begging for help from the community.
Many people say that you cannot judge people by their internet facade. I say you absolutely can judge them. For how you act or react when anonymous shows your true being. Unfortunately, many people from all over the world are heartless and cruel when nobody is watching. See people it's not how you act in public when all eyes are upon you that reflects your true self. It's how you act in private when YOU are the only one watching that reflects your true self.
I agree with you Bill. The unfortunate thing is that the ones that say these thing are raised by ignorant parents that teach them "This is gods will" they deserve it!.
Best wishes!!!
This is so sad. I toured and hiked this area in November of last year.
After the Sun which is supplying the earth with energy thy earth is the second power to us. Any leaving creature including humans is build from mother earth materials, every cell of any leaving creature including humans is build from mother earth material and when we dye our materials go for recycle. Mother earth do not care of it's creatures it have own life. So we are on our own. Nobody have the power of the mother earth she can move continents in a few seconds if she wants it. It's no match for humans technology. Even nuclear weapons are no match, anyway made of mother earth materials. People should have respect to the mother earth before anything else.
Great, now the italian socialists can blame the flood! That's what our american ones do, floods, earthquakes, whatever.
Actually stupido, Italy is one of the most Right-Wing countries in all of Europe!!
for a race of people known for construction and building what's a happening here ?
Another stupid comment. Italians are not a "race" of people!!!
Romans
19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Jacksonal, Imbecille , stupido that is the a way to descibe your comment in Italian
How did humans so warm up the planet that Noah et al had to go boating?
GOD Does Exist. That is who you will be praying to when all hell breaks loose. be ready for JesusChrist's return. Read the bible.
If I read a book that says I'm going to die based on an ancient Mayan calander, does that mean its going to happen? If I read a book that says there is only one way to paradise and that is to take all non-believers out in a hail of bullets or explosions, does that mean I'm still going to paradise?
Please...I have never believed in your god, his god, her god or any god. But, I will say,that if this supposed "Rapture" does come, this world will be a lot better off. I say this because then there will be no religions fighting for who's right or wrong. No religions saying do this, not that. No religions saying if you don't do it my way, the pain and agony for eternity awaits. No religion telling me money is the root of all evil, and then begging for it on Sunday mornings. No religion that kills its women for any indiscretion they deem scandalous. No religion that says no out of wedlock sex or man-on-man sex, but then their leaders rape children of the same sex, and that is somehow justifiable.
Nope. Just like minded folks will be left. And you know what? We will probably all get along.
I've visited the 5 lands region, one of most beautiful ever seen. Towns are literally on the sides of mountains so not surprising they have mudslides. Pray for the people there. Not much other than tourism as industry.
I feel for these people natuaral diaster which they could not atop of the financial
disaster that they could have averted
Povera Italia :(
You ripped out too many trees!!
Blame the Romans for not satisfying zeus!
I think McCain and Kyle could figure the climate thing out! Doing a crap job with the wars!