Three people have died and six others are missing, as large areas of Tuscany have been hit by flooding, as Storm Ciarán which has caused more than 10 deaths across Western Europe buffeted central Italy.
The storm reached Tuscany on Thursday night, and regional governor Eugenio Giani declared a state of emergency as winds reached 140km/h.
Mr Giani shared a video showing cars being swept away by floodwater and appealed for people to go to the upper floors.
Reports say hospitals were flooded, people were trapped in their cars in underpasses and rescued from their homes with rubber dinghies.
Power lines went down and transport was severely disrupted.
Also, an 85-year-old man was found dead on the ground floor of his flooded home with rescuers suspecting he had been unable to climb the stairs to safety.
BBC/Maxwell Oyekunle
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