Is called Orc because he is known by the valley residents for his wickedness when he gets angry. The Orco stream, usually calm, is the classic destination for Turin’s inhabitants in the summer. Here you can fish (especially trout), you can also go swimming with lots of beaches. «There is nothing left, but nothing. In these hours the level of the Orc has lowered by about five meters but there is nothing left. He carried everything away, the poles, everything”, he says this morning, Sunday, Sandro Aimonino and Nosca.
Why does the Orco torrent cross Ceresole, NoscaLocana, Sparone, Pont and all the Orco Valley until Heart. It’s the road to get to the Gran Paradiso park, and tonight that stream decided to transform itself into an ogre just like the one in fairy tales.
“I’m desperate, between yesterday and this morning they called the customers and canceled all, absolutely all the reservations”, complains Aimonino who is the owner of the two hotels in Noasca. One right above the falls, the other in the center of town. Thirty seasonal workers in total who would have left this weekend, around the beginning of the month.
If we had to identify an epicenter in this meteorological tragedy, it would be this very popular tourist destination for these waterfalls. Usually with a small flow. Last summer they were almost dry. Tonight, however, the images of how they have transformed are making the rounds on the web and on the news. On social media, there is a tam tam of those who usually come here on vacation and who ask for updates. “The hydroelectric plant has blown, my job is finished for the summer. What do I do?” is the bitter lament of the hotelier.
