The torrential rain and storms that have been peltering Tuscany, prompting red alerts covering cities such as Florence due to floods and landslides, eased in a number of areas on Sunday.
Local authorities have lowered an extreme weather red alert to orange in Valdarno Inferiore, Costa, Bisenzio and Ombrone Pistoiese - all areas along the Arno river that stretch from the town of Empoli to Pisa and Livorno along the coast.
Also on Sunday the weather alert was lowered to yellow in the areas of Mugello, Florence and Valdarno Superiore that were hit by storms on Friday and Saturday.
Several locations in the countryside and small urban centres remained flooded, in particular along the Sieve river while the Sgc Firenze-Pisa-Livorno state road connecting Florence to the port of Livorno remained closed due to flooding.
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