SUNBATHERS were forced to flee a beach after dead rats washed ashore at a popular Brit tourist spot.

Footage filmed by appalled holidaymakers showed the dead rodents cast up near Italy's famed Amalfi coast.

The shocking incident was reported on the eastern coast of Salerno in southern Italy , where the seawater has been left contaminated with rat carcasses and rubbish after recent storms.

A clip showed dead rats on the beach at Torrione being dragged ashore by the waves.

Outraged visitors were forced to flee the beach to avoid contact with the waste.

Francesco Emilio Borrelli, MP for the Green–Left Alliance, shared the videos online on 18th August and said: "Dozens of rat carcasses have invaded Torrione beach in Salerno.

"A few days ago there was another similar incident when bathe

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