Lombardy and Liguria have been put on 'orange alert' for extreme weather as a wave of strong winds and torrential rain hit northern and central Italy on Monday.
Several other regions, Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Liguria, Molise, Piedmont, Umbria Veneto and Sardinia, have been put on a lower level of alert.
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