The northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna was flooded overnight after the region experienced torrential rains.

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

As our colleagues in BBC Weather point out, climate scientists have been warning us for years about extreme rainfall events like these as the planet warms. Heavy rain is expected over much of Italy over the next few days, with the regions of Emilia-Romagna and Lazio under yellow weather alerts.

Rome: About a thousand residents were evacuated in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna after it was hit by torrential rains and severe flooding overnight, local media reported Thursday. Rivers flooded in three of the region's provinces — Ravenna,

The Senio river has overflowed in Castel Bolognese near Ravenna and the water is reaching the central part of the city while across the Emilia-Romagna region over 1,000 people have been evacuated amid worsening weather conditions as incessant rain is swelling rivers,