Search ops for missing man resume on storm-hit Sardinia

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 28 - Search operations resumed on Monday morning to find Davide Manca, who was reported missing in the area of Mount Arcosu near Siliqua during a storm in the night between Saturday and Sunday.
    The young man's jeep, travelling with a group of eight people driving different vehicles, was swept away by the water as it was crossing a stream while trying to reach a mountain hut. Firefighters and alpine rescue teams have been deployed in the area of Siliqua to search for him.
    In the night between Saturday and Sunday, some 250 millimetres of rain fell in an area between Sourthern Sardinia and Oristano, local authorities said.
    And the circulation of trains connecting the Sardinian cities of Cagliari and Carbonia/Iglesias remained suspended on Monday.
    Heavy rain also battered Piedmont and Liguria, among other areas, at the weekend with one man also reported missing in the northwestern region after he was swept away by the Rio Lissolo stream. (ANSA).