AKIPRESS.COM - A tornado has struck near Rome, Italy, with local media reporting two deaths, said Stuff.

A a 25-year-old man was killed in the city of Ladispoli, a coastal town north of the capital, when a cornice fell from a building and struck him on the head, reported Corriere della Sera,

The tornado that struck about 6 pm (local time) also claimed the life of a 74-year-old man in Cesano, near Lake Bracciano.

The Italian news agency reports the man was crushed by a tree.

Powerful storms have left branches strewn across roads and flooding in some areas, and a street in Rome was partially closed due to large branches blocking it.