AGI – Strongly intense thunderstorms occurred today in Piedmont and in particular in the Turin area. A landslide recently occurred in the municipality of Usseglio which temporarily blocked traffic. Investigations are underway by the police and firefighters to verify any vehicles and people involved.
The bad weather emergency also affects Cogne, in Valle d’Aosta: the town was left isolated due to a landslide on the regional road near the hamlet of Epinel. In the surrounding valley there were “floods of the main streams”, with many cars damaged. What is worrying are the forecasts of rain which could continue until the early hours of Sunday.
Cogne is home to 1,300 people, who are now joined by many tourists. In the valley “debris flows have occurred along” five ravines and the “flooding of the Valnontey torrent” has been recorded, reported the regional bulletin that reported an orange alert in the Gran Paradiso valleys. Traffic is also prohibited along the municipal roads of Lillaz and Valnontey, in the latter case due to a landslide in Teuf. The bad weather has hit several areas of the Aosta Valley: flooding has been reported between Verrès and Ayas, with firefighters engaged in a dozen interventions.
Some shepherds were left stranded due to two landslides that occurred this evening in the Usseglio area, in the mountains of Turin. A municipal road is blocked. The shepherds are unable to go down to the valley. There were no reports of injuries or cars involved.
The bad weather affecting Northern Italy has led the Civil Protection to issue a yellow alert for Sunday in various areas of four regions, Piedmont, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto. In the evening, the orange alert of the Valle d’Aosta Functional Center was added for the entire central-eastern area of the region for possible floods, landslides and debris flows.
