FIORENZUOLA D'ARDA, Italy (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Po River, Italy’s largest reservoir ... an 81-year-old farmer from Piacenza province, in the Emilia-Romagna region, where 35 percent ...

The Po River valley in northern Italy is in the ... Two years later, there are large expanses of sand visible in the river near Piacenza. The drought -- the worst since 1952 -- is having ...