Flooded street in Novi Ligure

epa04445086 A policeman helps a woman cross a flooded street in Novi Ligure, Italy, 13 October 2014. Parts of the northern Piedmont region bordering Liguria were on alert after torrential rains triggered evacuations and the shutdown of provincial roads as several rivers burst their banks. EPA/ALESSANDRO DI MARCO +++(c) dpa – Bildfunk+++