Bad weather in Italy

[GAIA]

Hey everyone. Just wanted to let you know that we've been having some unusual cold weather here in Italy. I live in the northern part and the last days has been feeling more like autumn then summer. A few days ago we had heavy rainfall and around 14 degress when it should of been more like 30! Many of the fields in the Po river flooded.
here is a link:
http://www.italiannews.it/giornale/news_eng/94062/rain-wind-snow-thats-weather-italy-moved-back-april.htm

Venice saw their worst floods in 20 years, link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/3538957/Venice-under-water-after-worst-floods-for-20-years.html

Here you can see 3 pictures of the flooding in northern Italy:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/storm_watch_stories3&stormfile=italyflooding_juneseventeen

Hope that was helpful,
Gaia

 

[Keit]

There've been heavy flooding and evacuations in Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces in Canada recently too. Heavy rains are not unusual for this period, but one of the locals said that the extend and the damage are unusual. Canadian government estimates the losses to be in the millions.

Also, the flood caused a sinkhole on the Trans-Canada Highway:

Flash floods hit Alberta and Saskatchewan, closing Trans-Canada Highway

States of emergency were declared following heavy rains that led to floods in Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of homes and causing a sinkhole on the Trans-Canada Highway.

As much as 150 millimetres of rain fell in several regions of the Prairies over the weekend of June 19, extending into the early week, ctv.ca reported. The system moved further into Alberta, flooding areas around Medicine Hat and Lethbridge.

On the morning of June 20, about five kilometres of the Trans-Canada Highway at the Alberta-Saskatchewan border were closed due to flooding. A culvert along the stretch of highway collapsed, causing a giant sinkhole just outside of Maple Creek, Sask., reported cbc.ca.

In previous floods, the South Saskatchewan River overran its banks, limiting damage to streets bordering the river. "This time, the small creeks that feed the river have overflowed, stretching into torrential rivers, backing up sewer systems and flooding city streets," wrote the Montreal Gazette.

Alberta Environment Minister Rob Renner said that because the floods were not the type in which the water rises slowly, but rather flash floods, sandbagging efforts would do little to nothing to protect properties.