The wave of bad weather continues in Northern Italy. Numerous landslides. In Piedmont where 90 people were evacuated during the night in Macugnaga, a town in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola at the foot of Monte Rosa, due to the flooding of the Tambach torrent. The towns affected are Staffa and Pecetto, where the water burst from the banks and poured into the streets of the town. There are no injuries. The mayor of the town, Alessandro Bonacci, opened the town hall to accommodate people in difficulty. Others were hosted in the Carabinieri barracks. Several firefighter teams were on site. The bad weather that hit Val d’Ossola also spilled over into Swiss territory. Affected
in particular the Vallemaggia, in the Upper Canton of Ticino.
Landslides in the upper Orco Valley
The towns of Noasca and Ceresole Reale, in the upper Orco Valley (Turin), have been isolated since yesterday due to two landslides that hit the localities of Zaunere and Fornolosa. The provincial road 460 of Gran Paradiso has been closed. In Noasca, where 172 mm of water fell, the waterfall formed by the Noaschetta torrent swelled to the point of covering the bridge on the road before flowing into the Orco.
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Bad weather, torrents overflow in Cogne: alert rises in the isolated town
Numerous interventions by the fire brigade
There are dozens of people displaced in the Alpine valleys of Turin due to the consequences of bad weather. In Locana, in Valle Orco, 37 were transferred from a restaurant left isolated after a landslide. In Chialamberto, a town in Val Grande which was affected by a mud and debris flow yesterday, a condominium of 50 people was evacuated. The firefighters also had to intervene on the plain. Two families moved to Mathi due to the risk of flooding of the Stura di Lanzo stream; in Montanaro a Belgian family was rescued, with a 3-year-old girl, who was standing on the banks of the Orco stream and was blocked by the flood.
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A 71-year-old man buried by a landslide in Piacenza
Landslide in Ossola, tourists stranded
In Piedmont the most affected area is Val Divedro: a landslide occurred between San Domenico di Varzo and the locality of Nembro a Varzo, on the Rio Croso, along the road that goes up to Alpe Veglia. The situation is also very serious in the area of the Simplon Pass. A debris flow poured down onto the Swiss side of the road. There are no injuries, but the Simplon Pass and the road between Briga and Ried are now closed until further notice. For security reasons, the authorities strongly advise against going to the event site.
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Bad weather in Veneto, Castelfranco floods due to Avenale overflow
Valle d’Aosta: Cervinia isolated after a landslide
Landslide alert also in Valle d’Aosta. Due to a landslide, the regional road of Valtournenche is closed downstream from Cervinia, effectively making the tourist resort isolated. The regional administration communicates that “it is expected to reopen in the next few hours with alternating one-way traffic”. This is one of the effects of the bad weather that hit the Alpine region, in particular in the Cogne valley where “debris flows occurred along the gullies of Pont du Teuf, Costa del Pino, Trajo, Les Ors, Tsa de sèche with flooding of the Valnontey torrent”. The regional road from Ozein and the municipal roads of Valnontey and Lillaz are closed. A torrent also flooded in Champoluc in the Magneaz area due to the blockage of a pipe.
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The Dora Baltea river overflows
State road 26 “della Valle D’Aosta” is temporarily closed to traffic due to the flooding of the Dora Baltea river, in the Bard area. Anas staff, firefighters
fire and law enforcement are on site to manage the emergency and to reopen the state road to traffic as soon as full safety conditions are restored.
