Italian emergency services airlifted a pregnant woman to safety using a basket as water surrounded a home in Ravenna, Emilia Romagna.<br /><br />Footage shows the woman being rescued from a balcony amid the severe floods.<br /><br />As of Wednesday, at least nine people have been killed and thousands have been evacuated from their homes after torrential rain triggered flooding and landslides in the northern region.<br /><br />Some areas have received half their average rainfall in just 36 hours, civil protection minister Nello Musumeci said.
