The landslides obstructed the regional road 47 for about 800 meters isolating Cogne, in the province of Aosta. Passengers of a blocked help of rescue in the night. Other thunderstorms expected
Cogne isolated again by the landslides. Exactly one year after the flood that isolated Cogne for a few weeks, two landslides fell on the regional road no. 47 that connects the locality of Gran Paradiso with the valley bottom. A disturbance that caused two important ones has been demolished on the area landslide and the interruption of the road network.
Rescue motorists
During The event was blocked a car and passengers were recovered from a joint operation of the Valley Alpine Rescue and the Fire Brigade and transported to the nearby municipality of Aymaville. Inspections are underway for verify the extent of the landslide movement for the appropriate assessments. In the next few hours there will be a more precise picture on the timing of reopening the roads.
New thunderstorms were expected
“Nothing serious or alarming, the situation is absolutely under control.” So to Adnkronos Franco Allera, mayor of Cogne. “Following a water bomb, a debris flow has occurred, it is working and I think in the afternoon the road will be reopened,” explained the first citizen highlighting, however, that Further storms are expected in the afternoon.
The hotelier
“The road is still closed at the moment, I know they are getting rid of it,” he explains Pietro Imbimbo Roulet, owner of the Bellevue hotel in Cogne and delegate of the Association of Valley hoteliers (Adava). In the locality at the foot of the Gran Paradiso The tourist season is getting alive these days. «As for our structure, the employment rate is currently 78%. There is a nice movement, we record a discreet turnout throughout the locality. We are contacting all guestsboth those who should have started and those who have to arrive, but also the suppliers who at the beginning of the week bring us the goods ».
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