This is the tragic moment three friends were seen hugging each other seconds before being swept away during a flash flood in Italy. The heartbreaking footage posted on X shows Patrizia Cormos, 20, her friend Bianca Doros, 23, and her boyfriend Cristian Molnar, 25, standing thigh deep in a churning river. They were last seen alive on Friday when they took a walk along the Natisone River, Udine in the Friuli region. But the water surged to dangerous levels after days of heavy rain and the group were caught stranded on a tiny pebble island in the middle of the river, clutching each other to try and stop themselves from being swept away. The chief of the provincial firefighters in Udinehe, Giorgio Basile, told The Telegraph he threw them a rope in a desperate attempt to rescue the group. But tragically they were ‘swallowed up by the flood waters’ as he watched and he saw them ‘disappear’. Today, two bodies, believed to be Ms Cormos and Ms Doros, were discovered 1km from the spot. The search is still continuing for Mr Molnar, with the fire service vowing: ‘We won’t stop until we find the third missing person.’ One of the women made an emergency call to police at 1.35pm on Friday and firefighters quickly arrived. A firefighter told them to stick together from a nearby bridge and they clutched each other for stability. One firefighter told the terrified friends: ‘Stay together, gather together, hug each other.’ But is heard later saying in dread: ‘Oh no – oh my god.’ Tragically they were unable to cling on and were swept away as the horrified emergency services watched. #Italy #floods
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