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Local Italy
18-04-2025
- Climate
- Local Italy
LATEST: Two dead as flash floods hit Italy's northern Veneto region
The bodies of two people who had been reported missing on Thursday were found by rescue workers on Friday morning, according to Italian newspaper La Repubblica. The two residents, whom Italian media described as being father and son, "were swept away in their car near their home" in Valdagno, a small town northwest of Vicenza, according to Italy's fire service. The Agno stream, which runs through Valdagno, burst its banks late on Thursday after the area was lashed by torrential rainfall for hours on end. This triggered widespread flooding at multiple locations across town, with water surging through the streets and sweeping vehicles away. According to Il Fatto Quotidiano, the two victims were assisting the local Civil Protection service in the Ponte dei Nori area when their car was submerged and dragged away by flood water. Veneto's President Luca Zaia said on Friday morning that the situation in the Vicenza province continued to be "critical". Heavy rainfall pummelled the north of Italy on Thursday, with swathes of Piedmont and the Aosta Valley hit by flash floods. A 92-year-old man was found dead in Monteu da Po, northeast of Turin, after he remained trapped inside his home following severe flooding, according to Italian media reports. The victim was believed to have drowned, reports said. Piedmont President Alberto Cirio said late on Thursday that he had asked the government to declare a regional state of emergency to address 'the significant damage' caused by the wave of extreme weather. Italian news agency Ansa said that 6,400 households in the region were without electricity on Friday morning.
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Don Jr. Under Investigation for Alleged Illegal Duck Hunt in Italy
Prosecutors are investigating whether Donald Trump Jr. illegally hunted a protected duck during a trip to the Venice lagoon last December. Earlier this month, a local hunting lifestyle company called Field Ethos released a video online of Trump's trip that showed him shooting waterfowl in a special conservation area of the lagoon, Veneto regional councillor Andrea Zanoni previously wrote on Facebook. At one point, Trump addresses the camera surrounded by dead waterfowl—including the protected ruddy shelduck, which has distinctive bright orange feathers. Zanoni and several animal rights groups filed criminal complaints—called a denuncia—with the forest police accusing Trump of hunting without a license and killing the protected bird, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. Now, the Venice prosecutor's office is investigating the incident to determine who shot down the duck in question and whether the group respected regional hunting laws, according to numerous Italian press reports. Foreigners hunting in Italy need several additional documents besides a hunting license, including a consular declaration and insurance policy, Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano reported. The regional hunting administrator previously said all rules and procedures had been followed, but the region announced it would open a police investigation to be sure, according to La Nuova di Venezia e Mestre. A spokesperson for Trump had also previously told the AP it wasn't clear whether the duck was 'unintentionally shot by someone in Don's hunting group, another hunting group or killed in a different manner and retrieved by the group's hunting dog.' 'Don takes following all rules, regulations and conservation on his hunts very seriously and plans on fully cooperating with any investigation,' spokesman Andy Surabian said in a statement when the incident was first revealed. The criminal code, however, prohibits not just killing the protected species but keeping the dead animal, according to Il Fatto. Anyone who 'kills, captures or holds specimens belonging to a protected wild animal species' can be sentenced to one to six months in prison and fined up to 4,000 euros ($4,175), according to the relevant section.
