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hello. welcome to bbc news. we start in northern italy and dramatic scenes after severe flooding has killed at least eight people with thousands being evacuated from their homes. this weekend s formula one, grand prix at imola has also now been cancelled. it comes, as a new report by the world meteorological organisation warned that global temperatures will reach record levels in the next five years. we ll have more on that in a moment. first let s get more on the situation in itlay. it s one of the european countries most affected by extreme weather in recent years the extreme flooding is in the emillia romana region. this is forli near bologna the mayor has said the city is on its knees devastated and in pain . divers have been recovering bodies hundreds of people have been trapped or stranded as rivers burst their banks. in towns nearby people are being rescued from their homes by helicopter. plucked from rooftops or the waters. in this area arou ....
Moment is catastrophic, there were thousands of people who live in homes that only have ground floor and they need to be rescued as soon as possible. the whole city has no electricity. weather related disasters are getting more and more common in italy. this heavy rainfall comes after weeks of drought, which made the land drier, that makes it in turn much harderfor the land to absorb water, so when floods like these happen the consequences are very, very serious. local authorities are saying that the bad weather will continue for days, and probably until the end of may. that s our correspondent. live now to the area affected by the floods in emilia romagna, near bologna the journalist sabina ....