Rome, Safar 26, 1440, Nov 4, 2018, SPA -- Storms lashing Sicily have killed at least 12 people with torrential floods, Italian authorities said as the country's leader headed Sunday to the stricken Mediterranean island. Divers pulled out nine of those victims from a home flooded by a rapidly swelling river in the countryside near Palermo. Across the island, in the town of Cammarata, near Agrigento, the fire department said its divers were working to recover the bodies of two people swept away while driving on a road near the flooding Saraceno River. Also in Agrigento province, firefighters rescued 14 people from a hotel in the town of Montevago, which was threatened by floodwaters from the Belice River. Elsewhere in Sicily, at least two other people were missing Sunday after floodwaters swept away their cars, AP reported. --SPA 17:26 LOCAL TIME 14:26 GMT 0023 www.spa.gov.sa/w781346