Reading Time: 3 minutesA powerful autumn storm swept across Italy this week, unleashing torrential rains, flash floods and landslides from the Alps to the southern islands, forcing school evacuations, closing roads and triggering hundreds of emergency rescues. Northern Italy: Flooding and SearchesFirefighters carried out more than 600 interventions in the northwest since Monday. In Lombardy alone, 470 operations were reported across Milan, Monza Brianza and Como, with 390 firefighters and 130 vehicles deployed. In Piedmont, authorities reported 55 operations in Alessandria province. Central Italy: Torrents and Road ClosuresIn Tuscany, a nighttime cloudburst hit the town of Manciano in Grosseto province, particularly the hamlet of Marsiliana.