He got out of his car and was swept away by the force of the water.
An elderly man is currently missing in Sant'Anna Arresi in southern
Sardinia
, an area which has been hit by a very strong wave of bad weather.
The man, from what we learn, was stuck with his car along a flooded road and as soon as he got out he was swept away by the current.
The alarm went off immediately.
The fire brigade and civil protection teams are operating on the spot and have started the search for the missing person.
The wave of bad weather in southern Sardinia is creating many problems and inconveniences with streets, basements, shops and a flooded shopping center. An entire area of Cagliari, the municipality of Pirr, is completely flooded and traffic has been diverted. In Siliqua, due to infiltrations, part of a house in via Umberto, already damaged, collapsed. Inside were two elderly people and their son, no one was injured.
In
Salento
a violent storm hit many municipalities and Lecce this morning, causing flooding and landslides.
Castro is one of the most affected municipalities, where almost 100 mm of rain fell in a very short time.
The violent downpour caused the flooding of the streets and some collapses of dry stone walls and fences.
Collapses occur in the Zinzulusa area and on the panoramic road that leads to Marittima.
The most serious situation is recorded in Castro Alta due to the landslide of a large portion of the promenade around the Castle.
Temporarily closed the entrance roads to the town.
Local police and civil protection volunteers are working on the spot.
In
Liguria
Arpal has extended the Yellow alert (the lowest) for thunderstorms until 18 this afternoon on the eastern center. Subsequently, a low probability of strong phenomena will remain throughout the region. Widespread and persistent rains are expected with instability in the eastern center. After a temporary attenuation, we will have a subsequent resumption of widespread rainfall, particularly on the Ponente from today evening and at least until tomorrow morning, Monday 15 November. In the last few hours the phenomena have been concentrated on the Levante center with up to moderate intensity (24.2 mm in an hour in Portovenere) while, in the last 12 hours, the 39.2 mm of Rapallo and the 38.8 of Santa Margherita Vara (Carro, La Spezia ). Currently weak rainfall affects the area of Genoa.Yesterday a storm hit Genoa causing flooding in many areas, landslides and a landslide that invaded the road just before the arrival of a bus.