The Star Online - 11/14/12
ROME: Flooding struck the northern outskirts of Rome on Wednesday after heavy rains in central Italy swelled the Tiber River, as the historic city of Venice and popular tourist regions of Tuscany and Umbria counted the costs of extensive flood damage.
The river that snakes through the Italian capital broke its banks in some areas, tearing boats from their moorings and sweeping debris in the current. The Aniene, a tributary of the Tiber in northern Rome, also flooded.
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