The severe weather and adverse conditions have also seriously hampered rescue efforts in the Cagliari area. Despite heavy rain and impassable roads, an emergency response was launched this morning around 10:30 a.m. to reach a 90-year-old man in Taulaxia , in the municipality of Sinnai .
Rescuers managed to reach the elderly man's home using a 4x4 ambulance, the only vehicle capable of navigating the road, which had turned into a torrent of water and mud due to heavy rains . Once they reached the house, the man was transported down the valley in the off-road ambulance and then transferred to a road ambulance. The operation lasted approximately two hours and involved the Sardi Soccorso and Sinnai Soccorso rescue teams.
During the operations , the air rescue was also activated, but in vain , because the vehicle was unable to land.
(Unioneonline/vf)