• Will ꦚF1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola be rescheduled?
• Emilౠia Romagna Grand Prജix called off due to extreme flooding

Due for this weekend, the F1 at Imola was called off on Wednesday due ♏to the extreme weather condi𓆏tions in the whole region of Emilia Romagna.

Flooding has resulted in eight people d♕ying, with several more still missing.

Around 5,000 💟more people have been evacuated from the area, including some who were rescued from their rooftops vi🥀a helicopter.

Severe floods are widespread across Italy's Emilia Romagna region after heavy rains, with𒆙 ﷺrescue operations underway

— Sky News (@SkyNews)

Fo💛urteen rivers have burst their banks, flooding 23 towns.

"It's probably been the worst night in the history of Romagna," Ravenna Mayor Michele de Pascale said to Italy's RAI public broadcaster. "Ravenna is unrecognisable for the d💛amage it has suffered."

Mayor of Forli, Gian Luca Zattini, describꦅed his town as "on its knees, devastated and in pain" to AFP news agency.

The 💎BBC reported that people in single-store🐟y homes in Castel Bolognese needed to be rescued, while their mayor called the flooding “catastrophic”.

There is no electricity in Castel Bolo🌜gnese, the BBC add.

People across the Emilia Romagn♏a region are taking shelter in schools and gyms.

"Those who live in areas close to watercourses should move to h🦄igher floors," said Regional President Stefano Bonaccini.

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni has held crisis meetings but, in some areas, the quantity of rainfall exceeded the techn💙ology’s 🐓capability of recording it.