2018 European floods

Later, on 10 October, in the city of Cagliari, Sardinia a woman died when her car was swept away. Her husband and their three children were rescued alive. Another man is currently missing in the city.[3]

At the end of October and the beginning of November, heavy floods affected the entire country, killing 32 people, thirteen of whom in the region of Sicily. Several others were injured.[4][5][6]

Venice flooded due to an exceptionally high tide of 156 centimetres (5.12 ft) (the 4th highest acqua alta since 1923), leaving 70% of the city underwater.[7] The Dolomites mountain range, an UNESCO World Heritage Site, and most of the mountainous region in the North-Eastern Italy (for example at the Asiago plateau) suffered many landslides and flooding due to heavy rain, with extensive communication and basic services disruption, and a great percentage of its woods was levelled by hurricane-force winds up to 190 km/h during the late afternoon of 29 October.[8][9]

Two people died when their vehicle was swept away by floodwater in Sainte-Maxime on 10 October.[10]

On 15 October, at least 14 people died after floods affected the Aude region. A bridge also collapse in the locality of Villegailhenc, while all roads were inaccessible in Carcassonne.[11] Damage in the region were about €200 million.[1]

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said it will take months to return the disaster-hit towns to normality. More than 300 rescue workers were active, including 200 that were searching for a missing boy, that was found dead days later, bringing the final death toll to 13.[12]

On 11 October, Rafael Nadal opened his tennis academy centre to the flood victims.[13]