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Italy: Sardinia at the mercy of bad weather – One dead

Fierce bad weather hits Saρδηνία, where due to the continuous rain it was decided to close all the schools in the capital Cagliari.

At the same time one old man found dead. According to reports, tried to get out of his car and was swept away by the rushing waters.

Firefighters and civil protection teams immediately began searching for the missing man. was finally found unconscious in a canal in Porto Pino.

Earlier firefighters managed to save three people who were trapped in an uneven passage which had been flooded by rainwater.

Also in Southern Sardinia, due to landslides, part of a house collapsed. Two elderly people and their son were inside, but no one was injured.

The southern region of Puglia is also at the mercy of bad weather, where the road leading to the village of Kastro was closed due to a large landslide. Volunteers from the local police and civil protection work at the site. Heavy rains caused flooding of roads and some collapsed walls and fences.

In northern Italy, outside Bolognaa, the train traffic was temporarily suspended due to a landslide, while the Italian Civil Protection is on alert and in the greater Genoa area due to heavy rainfall.

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