A five-month-old baby and his grandmother are missing along with two tourists after devastating floods in Italy. Floods have submerged towns and villages across the central Tuscany region following a spell of bad weather across Europe.

A storm system that has wreaked havoc across central Europe brought devastating floods to the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna on Thursday, forcing people to leave their homes and the closure of schools.

A massive flood wave moving across Central Europe is threatening new areas and raising concerns among residents and officials.