1st LD: Two dead, at least 19 missing as storm front lashes Italy

ROME, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Two people were confirmed dead and at least 19 were reported missing due to a storm front that lashed northern Italy on Saturday, officials said.

"At the moment 19 Italians are missing in the Col di Tenda (mountain pass in the Alps at the border between France and Italy)... which has been struck by floods and landslides," the northern Piedmont region said on its website earlier Saturday.