CHURCH: Historic rainfall and flooding continue to ravage Italy. Officials said Sunday that another 12 people died in Sicily, over the weekend, bringing the death to toll 29. CNN's Amara Walker has more on the destruction.</s>AMARA WALKER, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: All week, rivers overflowed, causing damage throughout the country. High winds, snapped trees like toothpicks. In Sicily, nine people from two families, died, as flood waters from a nearby river suddenly swept in to the home, where they were having dinner. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte was in Sicily, Sunday.</s>GIUSEPPE CONTE, PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY (through translator): It's an enormous tragedy. Being in your house, and from one moment to the next, being submerged by the water.</s>WALKER: Among the dead were two children, 1 and 3 years old. Earlier in the week, flooding in Venice put historic buildings at risk. Tourists adjusted to the high waters. Some Venetians dealt with the flooding in their own way. In Rome, cars were damaged by falling trees. This week's extreme weather was caused by a seasonal high tide and a strong low pressure system in southern Europe. And Italy is preparing for more. Meteorologists say climate change is making flooding more common.</s>CONTE (through translator): The government has already allocated to the environment ministry, 1 billion Euros, for interventions on the hydrogeological safety.</s>WALKER: The full economic impact of the extreme-weather will take a while to calculate. Amara Walker, CNN.</s>CHURCH: And thanks for watching CNN NEWSROOM this hour. I'm Rosemary Church. "WORLD SPORT" is coming up next, and I'll be back at the top of the hour, with more news from all around the world. You're watching CNN.
Death Toll From Italy Storms Climbs to 29