Italy: 100 residents and tourists evacuated to safe areas after torrential rain and landslide in the Upper Adige region

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At least six houses were damaged, but so far there are no reports of injuries. Tributaries overflowed, while in the location of Fontanatso, mud has covered the entire main road.

A hundred residents and tourists who were in the valleys of Fasa and Fleres, were moved to safer areas, after torrential rain and landslides occurred in the Italian Upper Adige, on the border between Italy and Austria.

At least six houses were damaged, but so far there are no reports of injuries. Tributaries overflowed, while in the location of Fontanatso, mud has covered the entire main road.

In the Pusteria valley, the village of Sorafurtsia was excluded due to the rains and the Italian Fire Brigade and Civil Protection have been mobilized in the wider area. It was decided to close a number of regional roads, while the authorities remain on alert because, according to the meteorological forecasts, extreme weather phenomena may also occur on Saturday afternoon.

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