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Ground teams on the entire slope and from today also drones from the sky: now almost a day away, the 38-year-old man’s search is still overwhelmed by the waters of a flooding torrent in Maccagno with Pino and Veddasca, in the Lake Delio, just before. noon on Saturday.
At Maccagno base camp it was made the spot in the first light of this Sunday with the sky still opaque and swollen from the rain: the searches coordinated by the firefighters also involve the Alpine Rescue (Varese del XIX Lariana Station) and the carabinieri.
The 38-year-old Como was I went out to look for mushrooms with a friend: The two would have forded a small stream with some ease, but without having to deal with the severe disturbance that hit the area. When it comes to retracing your steps they found themselves facing the swollen stream– The 38-year-old tried to cross anyway and was overwhelmed by the waters.
The friend who witnessed the scene alerted the rescue by calling 112 and the searches immediately began, immediately involving helicopters and Alpine Rescue, as well as firefighters. Today also arrives the nucleus of drones of the Fire Department, to increase “air coverage” in the area.
The disturbance, expected and reported with an alert, caused great damage and inconvenience in the northern part of the Varese province, in particular in the Lake Maggiore area: Curiglia it is isolated by a landslide and there have been several damages and landslides in Val Veddasca. However, flood damage in the territory of Luino and Germignaga.
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