Milan, September 16, 2022, SPA -- Heavy rains and floods hit the central Italian region of Marche from the late hours of Thursday, killing at least seven people, while three others were still missing, Italian media reported on Friday, according to Reuters. Local authorities said they did not expect such a sudden "water bomb", as around 400 millimetres of rain fell within two to three hours, inundating the streets of several towns in the Ancona and Pesaro-Urbino provinces. --SPA 09:52 LOCAL TIME 06:52 GMT 0006 www.spa.gov.sa/w1785606