
"Heavy rains caused landslides and floods, which led to the death of 10 people in the area surrounding the city of Palermo," a spokesman for the capital of Sicily said, adding that people were still missing, Sky News reported.
killed near the town of Agrigento in Sicily because of a landslide hit a car they were in.
The Italian Civil Protection Agency said the number of people killed by the bad weather was 17, without counting the deaths of Sicily.

Italy has been ravaged by rain and storms for several days, uprooting millions of trees and isolating villages and roads.
The northern regions of Trentino and Veneto were among the hardest hit.
"The losses from storms in the region are worth at least 1 billion euros," the Veneto governor said on Saturday.