AUA – Flight – Violent Stormen Easter spoils pleasure in Italy

Our Italian neighbors are currently struggling with a real end to the world. In Piedmont, some streets and rail connections had to be blocked due to violent rainfall due to violent rainfall, which caused significant problems. Railway traffic was stopped with an important train connection between Italy and Switzerland, the Simplon line.

In the Mountain Rescue Office in Genzeo in Piedmont, some houses were evacuated as a result of landslides, as Italian media reported. After violent rainfall, the level of Lake Maggiore, the second largest lake in Italy, has risen sharply. In the Piedmontesian province of Alessandria, De Po, the longest river in Italy, stepped over the banks.

Parks had to be closed in Milan
In the 35,000 residents’ town of Pinerolo, about 60 kilometers from Turin, the municipal administration ordered that the population was at home. Two bridges were blocked there because a river threatened to step over the banks. The urban parks were closed in Milan because of the strong wind. In the financial metropolis, the fire brigade had to use repeatedly due to flooding. Violent rainfall was also reported in Friuli. In Trieste, the wind reached a speed of more than 120 kilometers per hour.

The bad weather with precipitation and strong wind also tensioning South -Italia. Five planes were not able to land in the port city of Bari countries on Thursday morning due to the strong Schirokko -wind and were diverted to Brindisi airport, including an AUA machine launched by Vienna Schwechat. The passengers were taken by bus by Brindisi to Bari, said the airport bar operational companies. According to Bari Airport, the AUA -Beruging flight to Vienna was canceled.