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Firefighters rescued residents from flooded streets and cars were washed away in the Sicilian region of Messina on Sunday after a month's worth of rain fell in just four hours.

A bridge that would be the world’s longest suspension bridge was approved on Wednesday. The Strait of Messina Bridge would connect the island of Sicily to the mainland of Italy in a $15.5 billion ...