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Scary night in Rome: city wakes up to strong storm

The storm, which lasted just over an hour, caused damage and disruption in the Italian capital

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Thunder and lightning, wind and lots of rain. One mega storm affected Rome in the early hours of this Friday (8).

A storm, which lasted just over an hour, caused damage and disruption. Numerous emergency calls reached firefighters' phones. 

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The worry and fear felt by many citizens of Rome during the night stemmed directly from... social media: “I have never seen such a huge storm in the capital”, “Lightning and thunder for hours over Rome. What's going on?”, “Really scary. It is now 2:05 am and calm seems to have returned.”

In some areas of the city there were gusts of wind sudden events that caught the most attention. A situation that practically caught by surprise many families who, due to ondas In the heat, they prepared to spend the night with windows and balconies wide open. 

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