George Clooney, Amal and their twins caught in the floods: "It's worse than you think"<

Amal and George Clooney suffered the deluge. The lawyer and her actor husband were at their Lake Como residence with their 4-year-old twins when terrible floods hit the area. As usual, the Clooney couple spend most of the summer in their Italian property, between the pines and the calm waters of the deepest lake in Italy. This summer is stormier than the previous ones and the region suffered three days of rain.

On Tuesday July 27, 2021, torrential rains caused flooding and landslides never before seen in the region. The Ocean's Eleven actor's home was thankfully unaffected. In the surrounding villages, the water rose to more than a meter in the houses and on the winding roads of the region. Fortunately, no casualties were reported, despite the evacuation of around sixty people.

The Oleandra villa, owned by George Clooney for more than twenty years, thus presents some material damage. In the streets that surround it, large debris made of stones and wood block cars. Shops are ransacked and cars, one on top of the other. A particularly difficult situation for the seaside resort, in the middle of summer, already economically affected by the health crisis.

Interviewed by Tg1Rai, Italian television, George Clooney had a moving thought for his region of always. "It's worse than you think. We were in Cernobbio and what's happening is serious, but here in Laglio it's even worse. They think it could cost millions and millions dollars of repairs (...) This city has always been there and it will continue to exist. It will rise again stronger. It is a resilient city", develops the 60-year-old actor, apologizing for his Italian.