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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hannah Cottrell

British tourist ‘has never known wind like it’ as Storm Ciaran batters Italy

A geography teacher from Birmingham who was on holiday in Italy when Storm Ciaran swept across the region said she “didn’t realise how bad the storm was going to be”.

Emma Thom, 47, travelled to Marina di Pisa, a seaside town home to the Port of Pisa in Tuscany, with her sister, who is also a teacher, on October 28 when Storm Ciaran hit the area on Thursday.

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