A father and son have been killed after they were swallowed up by a sinkhole in flood-ravaged Italy.It comes after ‘exceptional’ Storm Hans battered Europe with extreme weather, leaving a path of destruction in its wake.
The brutal tempest swept over parts of Spain, Switzerland, and large parts of Italy yesterday, bringing torrential rain, flash floods, and meters of snow.
Many roads were shut in all three countries due to fallen trees or the risk of avalanches and tourists in snow-hit French ski resorts were told to stay inside.
Leone and Francesco Nardon, aged 64 and 33, were killed when they fell into a sinkhole with their car in the Italian town of Valdagno last night.
They had braved the storm to help with rescue efforts before the wet weather caused the ground to give way, local media reports.
According to local press, the car was absorbed by the pit and ended up in the course of the Agno River.
A 92-year-old man also died and was found by firefighters in his flooded home in the northern Piedmont region, the fire brigade said.
