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, APA reports citing Xinhua.
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.
The impact of the DANA (Isolated High Level Depression) that hit Mallorca early this morning has put emergency services on high alert. So far, road closures, eight rescues, and 77 emergency operations have been reported as of 6am. According to the 112, incidents have been recorded across various municipalities: 25 in Manacor, 14 in Campos, 10 in Palma, 8 in Calvia, 4 in Montuïri, 3 in Marratxi, 2 each in Ses Salines and Pollensa, and one in Felanitx, Vilafranca, Algaida, Llucmajor, Binissalem, Sant Llorenç, Soller, Porreres, and Sencelles.
The heavy storm has also forced the following roads to be closed: MA-2203 at KM 2.2, MA-2200, MA-4015 from Manacor to Calas (impassable at kilometer 3), MA-15 from Manacor to Sant Llorenç near the radar, MA-3321 in Manacor, MA-19 from Santanyí to Campos, MA-6040 from Campos to Porreres (between kilometers 3 and 9), and both MA-3200 and MA-3201 (Montuïri to Pina).
Nathan Christophel Big Island News Sun, 27 Oct 2024 11:19 UTC
Image from the Maunakea Visitor Information Station Facebook page
Mother Nature is definitely being tricky with the weather today at the summit of Mauna Kea, but with precautions in place such as the access road being closed, many Big Islanders are finding the scenery to be more of a treat just in time for Halloween.
"Winter is here," proclaimed the Maunakea Visitor Information Station in an 8:36 a.m. post on its Facebook page Sunday sharing several webcam images from telescopes and observatories on the volcanic mountain's summit showing it lightly blanketed with snow.
One of the photos also showed what was either fog and/or snow continuing to fall or blow in the wind.
The post added that the summit access road was closed because of ice and hazardous driving conditions. The road was still closed as of 12:30 p.m.
Fachri Hamzah en.tempo.co Sat, 26 Oct 2024 10:04 UTC
The West Sumatra volcano Mount Marapi erupted on Saturday, October 26, 2024. The eruption was recorded on the seismogram of the Marapi Volcano Monitoring Post with a column of 1,000 meters above the summit.
"Ash column of about 1,000 meters observed from the summit. Meanwhile, if measured from sea level, the height of the ash column reaches 3,891 meters," said Aziz Yuliawan, an officer at the Marapi Volcano Monitoring Post, in a written report on Saturday, October 26, 2024.
The eruption occurred at 17:10 Western Indonesia Time. The ash column was grayish in color and emitted with moderate intensity. "The ash tends to head northwest," he said. The eruption was recorded on the seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 4.7 millimeters in 1 minute and 30 seconds.
Floodwaters lapped the shopfronts in the glitzy French resort of Saint Tropez on Saturday as torrential rains closed roads and train lines across the south of the country.
Firefighters were called out at least 10 times to help people trapped in their homes and cars by rising waters in the Var region that includes the town that where Brigitte Bardot and other celebrities live.
In the port, normally dominated by the fashion-conscious on a Saturday night, water washed around the doors of stores. Several restaurant managers and shop owners were spotted trying to push the water out of their businesses with mops. Police blocked some roads.
The Saint Tropez region and Var department were among the worst hit by the rains.
In the nearby commune of Muy, shopkeeper Patrick Gaillard set up a temporary dyke to protect his business.
In Le Luc, 152.5 mm of rain fell in a few hours, the equivalent of five weeks of precipitation, while in Vidauban, 119 mm of rain fell in the space of an hour, reports BFMTV.
Some roads in the South Island remain closed this morning because of rain, snow and slips.
Flooding in the upper South Island has closed State Highway 6 between Inangahua and Lower Buller Gorge, and State Highway 7 between Kaiata and Stillwater.
Slips have closed State Highway 6 between Kohatu to Murchison.
Snow has closed State Highway 73 from Springfield to Arthur's Pass, and State Highway 6 between Haast and Makarora.
A section of State Highway 6 between Te Anau and Milford was also closed.
On Saturday, Westland mayor Helen Lash said there was a lot of surface flooding, but no rivers had reached their banks.
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