Two people are missing and some 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after heavy flooding and landslides hit the northeastern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. The mayor of the city of Ravenna described the situation as a "full emergency".

Storm Boris continued to pummel Central and Eastern Europe, causing massive flooding. In Austria, large parts of the eastern region, including Vienna, were affected by the floods, causing public transport restrictions and road closures,

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that, as the storm Boris swept across Europe, snow began falling in some regions for the first time this season. The situation is now stabilizing as the system weakens and a high-pressure zone takes hold across the region.

Storm Boris is a low pressure system that has brought a month’s worth of rain to parts of Europe in just 24 hours

Italian authorities evacuated some 1,000 people from their homes as the tail end of Storm Boris pummelled a northeastern region that was devastated by deadly flooding last year, regional authorities said on Thursday.

The storm has hit the north-east and central regions of Italy, days after causing widespread flooding in central Europe.

King Charles expresses his profound shock and sadness after floods across Europe caused by Storm Boris forced thousands to evacuate their homes. Central Europe has been ravaged by floods, brought on by Storm Boris, that have caused billions of dollars of damage and killed at least 24 people.

Reinsurers expect minimal impact from flooding caused by Storm Boris, although select cedants with strong central European exposure are expected to present reinsurance claims.

Central Europe began counting the cost of deadly and devastating floods caused by Storm Boris, as the European Union pledged billions of euro in aid to affected countries and northern Italy became the latest area to be inundated by torrential rain.