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Can Anons point me to data showing the U.S. ranking number 1 before the Department of Education came into existence?
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Dail Mail: Italy is hit by deadly 'water bomb' floods while southern France, Greece and Turkey battles ferocious wildfires as Europe's wild weather continues
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14882699/Italy-hit-deadly-water-bomb-floods-southern-France-Greece-Turkey-battles-ferocious-wildfires-Europes-wild-weather-continues.html
Italy has been hit by deadly 'water bomb' floods while southern France battles ferocious wildfires as wild weather continues to devastate Europe.
Tragically, one woman lost her life in Lombardy, northern Italy, after a furious storm caused a tree to come crashing down to the ground.
Viviana Maria Baldassini, 63, from San Vittore Olona, died after being crushed by the tree trunk as she walked alongside her two friends who were both airlifted to hospital with injuries.
In Lombardy, an orange weather warning has been in place since Saturday with widespread damage and destruction recorded over the weekend.
Just 50 miles away in Milan, severe flooding was reported as underpasses and roads were closed as a precaution. Traffic caused backlog on the roads and parks were closed due to the risk of falling trees.
'In Milan, in less than two hours, 50mm of rain, more than 40 interventions for fallen branches and trees and three closed underpasses,' the councilor for Public Works and Civil Protection of Milan, Marco Granelli said.
On Sunday evening, lightning terrifyingly struck a train on the Milan-Rome high-speed line near the town of Melegnano. The vehicle was halted for safety checks and travellers witnessed delays of up to 70 minutes.
The horror weather continued to spread through the country, with Piedmont, a region of Italy bordering France and Switzerland hit with strong, destructive winds.
A roof of an apartment in a residential area was blown off by the gusts, which also knocked down a tree in a local park. There were no reported injuries.
Also in the northern regions of Emilia-Romagna and Friuli-Venezia Giulia there were temporary blackouts due to the ferocious storms, as hailstorms left Genoa battered.
Beauty spots Tuscany and Florence were also hit hard with bad weather as trees toppled on to parked cars and rains lashed down on to the usually sunny regions.
In the Florence commune of Montespertoli, lightning chillingly split a cypress tree in half as it was revealed in local media that over the course of 12 hours, over over 27 thousand lightning strikes were recorded throughout the region.
On Monday, the northern and central regions continued their relentless battle against the freak bad weather with the risk of violent storms, hailstorms and strong winds, especially in the Alps and Prealps, remaining high.
After a partial improvement expected this afternoon, new rainfall is set to batter Italy in the evening. In the south, however, it is still extremely hot.
From mid-week, meteorologists predict the return of the African anticyclone. Temperatures are set to rise with peaks of 38C to 40C expected in Basilicata, Puglia and Sicily.
Italy has placed 21 cities on red alert, including important ones, such as Rome, Milan and Naples.
Could there be tunnels in the area?
>Sudden rash of thousand-year floods.
>Some glowni66er is playing with the weather weapon and using climate change as a cover?
Bunker busters aren't the only way to address tunnels.
> 'water bomb'