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An activities co-ordinator has told an inquest into the death of a 10-year-old girl killed in a mudslide that the incident "could not have been predicted and could not have been avoided".

This comes months after more than 200 people died in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which triggered severe floods and mudslides in Myanmar and left hundreds of thousands of acres of crops destroyed.

Landslides and mudslides were reported in Bologna, where some residents were evacuated on Thursday evening ahead of heavy overnight rain.

A major storm continued to wallop much of Southern California on Thursday morning, bringing evacuation warnings, fears of mudslides and heavy mountain snow.

Southern California was being pounded by a major storm Thursday morning, bringing evacuation warnings and fears of mudslides.