Severe weather conditions have wreaked havoc across parts of Europe, particularly in northern Italy and Spain, as powerful storms and heavy rainfall trigger landslides, floods, and widespread destruction. The Poppea cyclone, originating from Northern Europe and striking the Ligurian Sea, has unleashed its fury across northern Italy, causing chaos and devastation in its wake. Lombardy and Liguria bore... 

An Italian official is calling for new laws that would punish parents who put their children on vegan diets, or force “reckless and dangerous eating behavour” on them with a sentence of up to six years in prison, Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported. The legislation would “stigmatize the reckless and dangerous eating behaviours imposed by parents… to the detriment of minors,” the... 

Storms, heavy rain and flooding have battered an already water-logged north-central Italy, shutting down costal roads and rail links. The heavy rain triggered flash floods, causing rivers to burst their banks, forcing limited evacuations and closing road and bridges on Saturday. Italy’s civil protection agency issued flood alerts for a large region of the country, from the port city of Genoa on... 

At least six people were killed when the Italian port city of Genoa was hit by flash floods during torrential rainfall. Five of the victims, including two children, died when the lobby of an apartment block in which they had sought shelter flooded. A woman was apparently crushed by cars being swept away by the water. The Genoa city website advised people not to leave their homes and to climb to the...