Another heatwave to follow after storms hit Italy and Switzerland

High temperatures are forecast to start returning to Italy on Thursday after heavy rain whipped the north and centre of the country this week.

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00:00Heavy rain that came from Ireland has been whipping the north and centre of Italy,

00:05with temperatures struggling to get above 20 degrees Celsius.

00:09That's six or seven degrees below seasonal norms.

00:15The most affected storm areas were Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, southern Piedmont, Tuscany, Umbria and Marche.

00:21There was a red alert for river levels around Moderna and Piacenza,

00:24while mountain refuges in Piedmont were cut off by heavy snow.

00:30The high temperatures are being forecast to return to Italy,

00:34following the bad weather that has plagued the country.

00:42Clean-up crews and business owners were inspecting the damage

00:45after sudden storms lashed south-western Switzerland overnight,

00:48sending torrents of water through roads and temporarily halting air traffic at Geneva airport.

00:54In the lakeside town of Morse, a creek overflowed,

00:57inundating the streets with tan-coloured floodwater.