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A German woman and a five-month-old baby are missing in Tuscany after being swept away by floodwaters caused by heavy rainfall, the Italian fire brigade told dpa on Tuesday. The missing people, said to be a grandmother and her grandson, were on holiday with their family in the town of Montecatini Val di Cecina near Pisa. The woman and baby were swept away by a flood wave of up to 2.5 metres that broke into their holiday home, the commander of the Pisa fire brigade, Nicola Ciannelli, told the Italian news agency ANSA. According to the fire brigade, the baby’s parents and grandfather managed to …

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