Piacenza was once of the areas hit by flash floods and landslides on Monday One man has died and two brothers are missing after torrential rain caused foods and landslides in northern Italy. The body of a 56-year-old security guard was found close to his car near Piacenza, a town on the River Po. The two other men disappeared after apparently travelling on a nearby road that was hit by a flood. Flooding also affected areas along tributaries of the Po to the south of Piacenza, as well as the Mediterranean port city of Genoa further south. A handout photo provided by the Italian Fire Department on 14 September shows an aerial view of rescue personnel checking a damaged vehicle in the province of Piacenza after torrential rain caused flash floods and landslides in many parts of northern Italy, 14 September 2015Image copyrightEmpics Image caption A motorway near Cortina, in the Veneto region, was blocked because of a 30m (98ft) landslide, Ansa news agency reports. Authorities in the province of Emilia-Romagna have announced they will release €2m (£1.5m) in emergency funding. Dozens of people have died in floods and landslides across northern and central Italy in recent years.