Several thousand people have been forced to evacuate their homes due to heavy rain in northern Italy. In Bologna and the surrounding areas, over 2,000 residents spent the night in emergency shelters or with family and friends.

Floods engulfed parts of north-central Italy from overflowing rivers following days of heavy rain, prompting the state-led road operator to close some expressways.

Italy's Emilia Romagna region was left suffering from heavy flooding on Sunday as bad weather caused multiple rivers to burst their banks.

Bengaluru has been experiencing rain over the last two weeks due to a depression in the Bay of Bengal and schools in the city were closed on October 16 as well.

Light rain is likely to continue in Karnataka's Bengaluru on Monday, October 21, as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for the city. In the wake of incessant rain, the district administration has declared a holiday for schools and Anganwadi centres in the district as a precautionary measure.