In some parts of Italy, France and Switzerland, winter has been broken into again. Sometimes more than a meter of snow fell. In Tignes in the French Alps, a woman had a heart attack that was buried by an avalanche.
The authorities asked the residents to stay in their homes after 110 centimeters of snow had fallen at night. Due to the large avalanche risk, various ski stalls remained closed.
The 36,000 inhabitants of the city of Sitten in Valais were also asked to stay in their homes. According to the authorities, the situation in Wallis was “complex” on Friday. Various streets and traffic axes remained closed, including the Simplon Pass and the tunnel on the Großer St. Bernhard.
Trucks were not allowed to use the Mont Blanc tunnel between France and Italy on Friday. Dozens of vehicles were on the A43 fast road between France and Italy.
Waiting a few hours for a passage
Transit traffic by the Canton Valais is seriously affected, the Cantonal Management Body (KFO) announced that you should wait a few hours. The extraordinary snowfall had stopped again, but the avalanche risk is still high on all heights. There is also a risk that trees will fall and violate people.
At least three people were killed in heavy rainfall in Northern Italy. So a car with a father and son was beaten away from the water of a river that had stepped over the coasts.
Source: Krone
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