Search continues for missing mom-son after Caserta landslide

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 28 - Search operations continued Wednesday for a woman and her son, aged 74 and 42 respectively, who were reported missing on Tuesday night in the hillside town of San Felice a Cancello near the Campania city of Caserta after their Apecar was swept away by a landslide-induced mud and debris flow. Rescuers found the Apecar vehicle in the night between Tuesday and Wednesday at the bottom of a cliff but not the pair, who are believed to have been hurled out of the vehicle upon impact.
    Search operations continued on Wednesday morning with five firefighter units and Carabinieri police with sniffer dogs.
    Significant damage was reported in the area following the storm-induced landslide and several homes had to be evacuated, rescuers said.
    Torrential rain and thunderstorms pummelled late on Tuesday many areas of Campania, in particular the provinces of Caserta and Avellino. (ANSA).