“The pair are missing at Bagnacavallo (near Ravenna) after a roof where they had taken shelter collapsed,” he said.

Bagnacavallo Mayor Matteo Giacomoni told ANSA, “We are working to save all the people we can.

“It’s not a nice situation.”

He said the river Lamone had broken its banks at Traversara, causing widespread flooding.

People are being rescued from rooftops, he said.

Ravenna Provincial President Michele de Pascale said the river breaking “has caused an extremely strong situation of danger in all the territory north of the Lamone, both at Bagnacvallo and Ravenna”.

ANSA