In Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, evacuation operations are underway for 120 people stranded in the Alpe Veglia area. In Piedmont, on the other hand, there are dozens of displaced people in the Alpine valleys of Turin. The towns of Nosca e Royal Ceresole, in the upper Orco Valley (Turin). Cloudbursts also in Switzerland where several people are missing in the canton of Ticino due to floods, landslides and mudslides.
Cogne hotelier: we saved 30 campers
«Last night, after the situation worsened, the Gran Paradiso campsite was evacuated. In our hotel we welcomed the displaced people, those we could, about 30 people.” This is said by Christine Cavagnet who, with her family, manages the Herbetet hotel, in Valnontey, a hamlet of Cogne among the most affected by yesterday’s flood. The hotelier was not in Cogne last night and, when the only road connecting to the town was closed due to a breakdown, around 8pm, she was unable to return. She is now about to return to town by helicopter, the only way to reach him at the moment.
Mayor of Quarona: lots of damage, destructive event
«A dramatically destructive event»: thus the mayor of Quarona (Vercelli) and president of the Valsesia Mountain Union, Francesco Pietrasanta, comments on the storm that hit the area. «It doesn’t appear – he underlines – that there are any injuries, but there is a lot of damage. A hug to all the communities involved.” In the affected area there were landslides and damage to bridges. About twenty campers were left isolated.
Mayor of Noasca, extensive damage, water bombs and landslides
“We have suffered significant damage, especially to the cliffs of the waterfall, due to the water bomb and landslides. The situation is improving and in a few hours we will be able to clear the road to allow the people stuck here to leave the town.” This is what the mayor of Noasca, the town in the province of Turin that was heavily hit by the bad weather, said.
Significant damage was also recorded on the municipal road of Valnontey, where both the electricity grid and the aqueduct are out of order. In the Cogne Valleythe regional administration reports, «technical inspections are underway for another assessment of the damage caused by the bad weather and to evaluate the interventions to be activated». Due to the wave of the Dora Baltea flood there have been some floods.
