Three young people, a boy and two girls, have been missing since early afternoon today due to the flooding of the Natisone river in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Shortly before, they had raised the alarm on the phone as they were on a small island and the water was rising rapidly due to the torrential rains of the last few hours.
During the search of the area, including with a helicopter, the firefighters identified the three missing on the Natisone, but were unable to save them. They were hugging each other tightly to try to resist the current. The rescuers tried to approach with a crane and throw a rope to save them, but they didn’t have time to hook them. Shortly afterwards they were swept away by the current and their traces were lost.
While the firefighters are looking for the three boys, the carabinieri are also busy trying to trace the identity of the three. The boys may have arrived in the area, surrounded by nature, on foot and then reached the islet by wading, given that the water level was still low at that time. Only one car with a Romanian license plate was identified parked in the area, which could belong to anyone.
ANSA Agency Bad weather in the North, but the sun returns over the weekend – Weather forecast – Ansa.it Storms expected in Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia (ANSA)New storms hit Friuli Venezia Giulia in the morning, with further flooding reported to the Civil Protection, particularly in the Isonzo area. In the last 12 hours the rainfall exceeded 30 mm across the entire region, while the maximum cumulative rainfall was: 96 mm in Lignano (of which 61 in one hour), 90 mm in Cormons, 84 mm in Prepotto and Mariano del Friuli, 70 mm in Terzo d’Aquileia.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are still expected in the afternoon with intense rain but also with breaks without rain; Local strong thunderstorms are also possible, especially on the eastern belt. Since the morning, numerous calls have arrived at the Civil Protection Operations Room relating to requests for intervention due to flooding in the municipalities of Cormons, Dolegna del Collio, Ruda, San Vito al Tagliamento and Lignano Sabbiadoro.
In particular, for Lignano, reports of flooding are collected directly by the municipal civil protection group, via a dedicated telephone number: around 40 calls were received. The Tul road in the municipality of Clauzetto remains closed.
From 8pm yesterday to 10am today the firefighters carried out around seventy interventions attributable to the bad weather throughout the region. The Trieste command staff carried out 10 interventions, 7 were completed by the Pordenone firefighters and 3 for Gorizia. Around fifty interventions were carried out by the staff of the Udine command, who are also operating with teams of volunteer detachments. The most affected area is that of Lignano where the greatest critical issues were found due to flooding of basements and garages.
More bad weather in the Veneto region, rolling basins open
Veneto experienced another night of severe bad weather, with intense rain and thunderstorms that dumped up to 100 millimeters of water in 6 hours in the central area of the region, in Bibione (78 mm in Eraclea), in the Venetian area. Abundant rainfall also in the province of Padua, with quantities of 30 millimeters of rain in a few hours. For this reason, flood retention basins have been opened in Montebello and sull’Orolo (Vicenza), while the opening of other reservoirs is being evaluated. Widespread flooding has been reported by the Civil Protection in Marostica, a city in the Vicenza area already hit by bad weather in recent days. Strong showers and thunderstorms affected the upper Venetian area in the morning, then moving towards Friuli. Currently, explains the Region, the levels of the waterways have not been significantly affected by rainfall. The levels of the Adige are still high, above the first threshold in the Verona section.
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