Flood in the Marche region, the search for the 8-year-old boy and the woman who have been missing for days resume

The searches of Mattia , Barbara's 8-year-old child, in the Ancona area, have resumed, and since Thursday evening he has been missing after the flood that hit the Marche.

The operations to find the child - son of Silvia Mereu , the pharmacist of the original village of Urzulei - are concentrated in the area of Castelleone di Suasa, on both banks of the Nevola river. The little boy had gotten out of the car with his mother, in an attempt to save himself. The woman is hospitalized in Senigallia.

Firefighters, civil protection and mountain rescue are already operational from 7.30. Further downstream, in the Barbara area, Ostra Vetere, always on the bed of the river, we also look for Brunella Chiù , 56, the second missing person swallowed by the water while, with her children Noemi, 17, found dead, and Simone, having escaped to safety by clinging to a plant, he left home during the emergency.

In the provinces of Ancona and Pesaro, the two most affected, teams of firefighters arrived from various parts of Italy: Lombardy, Abruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Puglia, Tuscany, Veneto and Emilia Romagna. Among this a team from Modena that is operating in Castelleone di Suasa and Senigallia.

Last night Mattia's backpack was recovered , it was about 8 km from the area where he disappeared.

(Unioneonline / ss)