Three friends were tragically “swallowed up by the flood waters” despite desperate rescue attempts. The heartbreaking scene of Patrizia Cormos, 20, her friend Bianca Doros, 23, and her boyfriend Cristian Molnar, 25, hugging each other before being caught in a sudden flood in Italy was recorded on video.

The video, shared on X, shows the group standing in a river with water up to their thighs. They were stranded on a tiny pebble island while walking along the Natisone River in Udine, in the Friuli region, when the water levels suddenly surged to dangerous levels. They alerted passersby, and firefighters arrived quickly, trying to save them by tossing a rope. However, the three friends couldn’t grasp it, according to reports.

Unfortunately, they were “swallowed up by the flood waters,” and firefighters watched them “disappear.” Giorgio Basile, the head of the provincial firefighters in Udine, shared the heartbreaking story, saying, “We witnessed them being engulfed by the flood waters after we tried to help by throwing them a rope.”

On Sunday, June 2nd, the community found two bodies, believed to be Patrizia Cormos and Bianca Doros, about 1 kilometer away from where they were last seen. Cristian Molnar, the third person, is still missing.

The river has been thoroughly searched using drones, boats, and divers to intensify the search efforts.

The situation they were in was full of uncertainty. The residents of Premariacco are well aware of the river and its rapidly changing conditions.

He mentioned that the three children came when the weather was sunny. They had no idea what was going to occur. It happened quickly.

A series of powerful storms in northern Italy has caused devastating flash floods, especially in the cities of Padua and Vicenza. The governor of Veneto has compared the extreme weather to a “water bomb.”

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