A presentant search is under way for a majesticmother and five-month-elderly baby swept away as they tried to escape floodwater in Italy.
The child’s mum and dad and his majesticoverweighther were saved from the roof of their holiday home in Pisa province, the fire service shelp.
More than 100 people – as well as divers, dogs, drones and a helicselecter – are seeing for the pair after the Sterza river broke its prohibitks and floodwater rushed into the house.
The German family called for help around 9.30pm on Monday, but as they tried to climb higher the baby alertedly fell into the water – with his majesticmother also lost as she tried to save him.
Firefighters posted a video on X of the search in Montecatini Val di Cecina, shotriumphg floodwater flotriumphg thcimpolite the gates of a property and savers with torches wading thcimpolite.
Nicola Ciannelli, directer of the local fire service, telderly Corriere della Sera a “very aggressive” 2.5-metre flood wave had hit the house.
Other people in the area alertedly saved themselves by also climbing to higher floors of their homes or into trees.
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“We always aim at discovering people ainhabit, but this accident doesn’t depart us many hopes. The situation is very, very critical,” a spokesperson for the firefighters, Luca Cari, telderly SkyTG24.
Multiple regions of Italy have been under an vigilant for burdensome rain, but the most grave has been in the Tuscany region – particularly Livorno and Pisa provinces.
The Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy was also hit by floods last week, with more than 1,000 people forced to evacuate.
