VIDEO SHOWS: FLOODED RIVER SWEEPING THROUGH LOMBARDY TOWN

STORY: Emergency vehicles and heavy machinery were deployed in the northern Italian town of Isola di Fondra on Thursday (August 20), where a swollen stream overflowed amid severe weather. Firefighters said they were evacuating around 250 people as a precaution from a nearby campsite threatened by a landslide uphill and rising water downstream. Italy's Civil Protection Department issued an orange alert in Lombardia region for Friday (August 21), warning of risks of flooding. (Editing and writing: Bernat Parera)

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SHOWS: ISOLA DI FONDRA, ITALY (AUGUST 20, 2026) (ITALIAN FIRE BRIGADE - Access all)

1. FLOODWATERS / EMERGENCY SERVICE VEHICLES WITH LIGHTS ON

2. WATER OVERFLOWING ROAD

3. EMERGENCY SERVICE VEHICLES

4. EMERGENCY SERVICE VEHICLES NEXT TO OVERFLOWING RIVER

5. HEAVY MACHINERY

6. FLOODWATERS PASSING UNDER BRIDGE

7. HEAVY MACHINERY DRIVING NEXT TO RIVER