Italian authorities evacuated some 1,000 people from their homes as the tail end of Storm Boris pummelled a northeastern region that was devastated by deadly flooding last year, regional authorities said on Thursday.

Central Europe began counting the cost of deadly and devastating floods caused by Storm Boris, as the European Union pledged billions of euro in aid to affected countries and northern Italy became the latest area to be inundated by torrential rain.

Firefighters in the capital of Pescara in Abruzzo, Italy, reported receiving more than 200 phone calls for assistance after heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding in the area.

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The summer of 2024 has seen various kinds of extreme weather batter Europe. Storm Boris has already caused severe flooding and the deaths of 24 people in Austria and Poland. Greece has been subject to heatwaves and wildfires, and Portugal is suffering with wildfires this week. S torms affected Switzerland, Italy and France in July.

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The storm has hit the north-east and central regions of Italy, days after causing widespread flooding in central Europe.

This summer in Europe has been characterised by extreme weather, with blistering heatwaves in Greece and storms in Switzerland, Italy and France in July alone.

STORY: Forcing residents to clamber onto rooftops to reach safety, a storm system brought devastating floods to the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna on Thursday for the second year in a row.The national fire department said it carried out more than 500 rescue operations in the area,