#flash-floods

#flash-floods

"A water bomb hit the town of Bardonecchia, causing damage and unfortunately a victim," Piedmont's President Alberto Cirio said on social media. He remarked on the increasing frequency of such emergency situations due to weather events.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the province's premier, Oscar Mabuyane, said 49 people had been killed. While the worst of the weather has passed, officials fear the toll could rise.

According to the FOX Forecast Center, a broad area across the South and mid-Atlantic will face an increasing threat of thunderstorms beginning Thursday afternoon when a cluster of storms will develop across Middle Tennessee and move east into northern Alabama, North Georgia, and western North Carolina, an area that is still recovering from Hurricane Helene.

A flash flood warning was issued for areas burned by the Franklin and Palisades fires due to thunderstorms producing heavy rain, posing risks of debris flows.

In just 24 hours, regions in the United Kingdom experienced a month's worth of rainfall, resulting in severe flash floods and significant infrastructure damage.