Published on 12:00 AM, October 27, 2011

Heavy rain kills eight in Italy

Downpours hit Italy's Tuscany and Liguria regions overnight yesterday, killing five people and leaving eight missing as rivers burst their banks and landslides devastated villages, local authorities said.
The areas worst hit were the Spezia region and the picturesque Five Lands tourist destination, where four people died. A woman's body was also recovered from a mountainous part of northern Tuscany.