Eleven people so far confirmed dead in floods that have forced climate crisis onto agenda before next week’s election
Her face and clothes splattered with mud, Isabella Puttilli, 74, fought back her grief as she sifted through the ruins of her home, among the dozens destroyed by catastrophic flooding that struck Italy’s central Marche region on Thursday night.
“I lost everything,” she said. “Food, furniture, I need to throw it all away.” But her emotions gave way as she entered the bedroom, where a photo hangs of her and her husband, who died seven years ago, on their wedding day. “He loved music, and had over 200 records,” she said. “All have been destroyed, really precious items that I’ll never get back.”
