Frustrations build as the clean-up starts in flood-hit Emilia-Romagna for the second year in a row:::: Bagnacavallo, Italy:: Roberto Faccani, Former police commander"People are now traumatized and very demotivated.

Romagna, dramatic scenes unfolded as helicopters from the Italian Fire Brigade and Air Force heroically airlifted residents from their rooftops, offering a lifeline in a region where rain has turned streets into rivers.

The northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna was flooded overnight after the region experienced torrential rains.