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The fire departments are deployed on a large scale due to the heavy rainfall.
Vigili del Fuoco
A father and his son were swept away by a river overflowing its banks while sitting in their car. Emergency services have now found their bodies. But without their car.
On Friday morning, emergency services in Veneto recovered the bodies of two men - father and son. The two had plunged their car into a ditch on Thursday, which had been torn open by the flood. The Agno River then swept them away, as reported by "Vicenza Today".
Despite an immediate search using drones, divers and a helicopter, the father and son were only found dead on Friday morning - one near Trissino, the other an hour later near Valdagno. The search for the car continues.
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A 92-year-old man was found dead on Thursday in Monteu da Po near Turin. He drowned after being trapped in his house by the masses of water. He had no way of saving himself, writes the portal "virgilio.it".
Torrential rain and flooding have hit Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy and Carinthia's neighboring region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in particular since Wednesday. In Piedmont, some roads and rail links had to be closed due to landslides caused by heavy rainfall. The authorities declared a state of emergency in Piedmont.
The editor wrote this article with material from the SDA and with the help of AI.
18.04.2025, 09:33
18.04.2025, 13:22
