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• Emilia Romagna Grand Prix called off due to extreme🐓 flooding

Due for this weekend, the F1 at Imola was called off on Wednesday due to the extreme wea♑ther conditions in the whole region of Emilia Romagna.

Flooding has resulted in eight people dying, wi𒊎th several more still missing.

Around 5,000 more people have been evacuated from the area, including some who wereꦡ rescued from their roof💎tops via helicopter.

Severe floods are widღespread across Italy's Emilia Romagna region after heavy rains, with rescuꦿe operations underway

— Sky News (@SkyNews)

Fourteen rivers have burst ꧃the𝄹ir banks, flooding 23 towns.

"It's probably been the worst night in the histor൲y of Romagna," Ravenna Mayor Michele de Pascale said to Italy's RAI public broadcaster. "Ravenna is🧸 unrecognisable for the damage it has suffered."

Mayor of Forli, Gian Luca Zattini, described his town as "on its knees, devastated and in pain" to AFP news ageꦦncy.

The BBC reported that people in single-storey homes in Cast🌠el Bolognese needed to be rescued, while their mayor called the flooding “catastrophic”.

There is no electricity in Castel♈ Bologne☂se, the BBC add.

People across the Emilia Romagna region are taki🐷ng ☂shelter in schools and gyms.

"Those who live in areas close to watercourses sho🌼uld move to higher floors," said Regional Prꦍesident Stefano Bonaccini.

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni has held crisis meetings but, in some areas, the quantity of rainfall exceede༒d the technology’s capability of recording it.