An Italian Island in the Mediterranean has been hit by a severe storm with some media sources calling it Cyclone Cleopatra. The Italian government has declared a state of emergency for the island which is the second biggest in the Mediterranean. At least 18 people have been killed from the storm with further reported missing after rivers burst their banks and swept away homes and bridges.
The area near Olbia was the worst hit with some areas under 3m of water. More than 440mm of rainfall fell over just 90 minutes. A Brazilian family were killed in their basement as it filled with water with others killed from collapsing bridges.
Its surprising that the media have not been showing more of this on the news, as it is a devastating event that has killed more people than the tornadoes that swept across the US last week, along with the fact that it is an area in Europe that isn't usually hit by these storms
The Mediterranean has had some severe weather over the past few weeks.
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