The bad weather that still hasn’t left Italy is making itself felt in Valle d’Aosta where procks and snow melt triggered at six this morning the alert level for hydraulic risk for the Beauregard dam in Valgrisenche, which blocks the course of the Dora di Valgrisenche at 1,695 meters above sea level, just upstream of the capital and was conceived in the 1950s to create an enormous water reserve for hydroelectric use.
«Due to the snow melt combined with the contributions of the precipitations of the last 24 hours, the Beauregard dam has reached the maximum regulation level and has begun to touch the natural flows arriving in the basin in the Dora di Valgrisenche – says Valerio Segor, head of regional civil protection -. The Beauregard dam cannot flood beyond a certain hydrometric level, so it is obliged to release gradually increasing quantities of flow into the Dora for safety reasons.” At the moment the release in the Valgrisenche Dora is 12 cubic meters per second and – Sego further specifies – there are starting to be potential situations that could become critical. The Forestry Corps and the Municipality are monitoring the situation, adopting all the necessary measures.”
The bad weather will continue in the next few hours, there could be a temporary attenuation, but precipitation is still expected until the evening, with thunderstorms also possible in the afternoon until the evening. The municipal road to Val Ferret has been closed since 6pm yesterday due to the yellow alert for thunderstorms and hydrogeological risk across the entire Aosta Valley, which triggered civil protection measures at the foot of the Planpincieux glacier, monitored since 2013 through the analysis of various parameters. Curfew has been imposed for some areas. There is an alternative road system, along the Montitta road, which can be used at certain times and only for residents, guests and customers of properties and accommodation facilities.
