LVMH and Stellantis provide donations for Italian flood recovery

FILE PHOTO: Residents use a boat to navigate through flood water after heavy rains hit Italy's Emilia Romagna region, in San Pancrazio near Ravenna, Italy, May 18, 2023. REUTERS/Antonio Denti/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) - Luxury goods group LVMH and carmaker Stellantis have each donated 1 million euros ($1.10 million) to support flood relief efforts in northern Italy, the Emilia-Romagna region said on Monday.

Floods killed 14 people last week in Emilia-Romagna as torrential rain caused more than 20 rivers to burst their banks, sending water cascading through towns and submerging thousands of acres of particularly fertile farmland.