ROME — Italian police said they didn’t give up hope on locating a man swept away by flash floods on the island of Sardinia on Sunday, and the search will continue on Tuesday.
Davide Manda, a 41-year-old sailor, was carried off in his Jeep Wrangler by swift currents during a violent thunderstorm in southern Sardinia early Sunday morning, near Monte Arcosu. Local rescue teams began searching by land and helicopter on Sunday, resuming efforts at first light on Monday before halting as night fell. The search is set to continue Tuesday morning.
The same severe weather system also hit northwestern Italy, especially the Liguria and Piedmont regions, although conditions have begun to ease as of Monday.
Last week, severe flooding in Emilia Romagna delayed a football match between Bologna and AC Milan.
Over the past three years, Italy has been repeatedly struck by extreme weather events, from record heatwaves and drought in summer to hailstorms and flooding in other seasons.
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