Inhabitants of the northern Italian town of Parma are inundated with mud and flood water after three months of rain fell in just seven hours.<br/> <br />Massive amounts of water swept through the streets, picking up cars and depositing them on top of garages or nose-down in muddy water.<br/> <br />Water swirled around the central postal office cutting off phones and internet service. Murky waterlines could be seen above ground floor apartment windows.<br/> <br />Local authorities estimate millions of euros in damage, but are still in the process of calculating the exact cost.<br/> <br />Italy's deep economic crisis, which has seen public spending pared back to the bone in many areas, have made handling unexpected disasters more challenging.
