Severe Flooding Hits Rome as Arctic Cold Sweeps Across Italy

Emergency crews respond to widespread flooding and fallen trees in Rome after an arctic cold wave triggered a yellow weather alert across Italy.Local authorities closed several roads including Via Collatina and diverted bus lines while meteorologist Mario Giuliacci warned of one of the snowiest winters in a decade.Temperatures are expected to plummet to minus 10 degrees Celsius in Aosta with heavy snow forecast for the central Adriatic plains and Apennines.