One dead and roads closed : this is the toll of the wave of bad weather that hit Bardonecchia , the tourist resort at 1,300 meters above sea level in the Turin area. But the long-awaited rain, after the strong heat, soon turned into a nightmare : that of mud . The victim is a 70-year-old man who lost his life after the flooding of the Frejus river. Not two years have passed since a landslide terrorized the town, on the night between 13 and 14 August 2023. At 1,500 meters in Cogne, the problem is once again the road connections. Exactly one year after the flood that made it unreachable for twenty-eight days, three landslides have once again isolated the town at the foot of the Gran Paradiso.
In Bardonecchia today the maximum alert was immediately launched by the Municipality. "Do not approach the bridges and avoid travel", was the appeal of the mayor, Chiara Rossetti, who ordered "not to leave the house and not to use the car". Flooding has been recorded on the A32 Turin Bardonecchia motorway and the exit for the tourist resort has been closed in both directions. The same goes for the state road in the section near the town, which is full of water. The victim is a 70-year-old man, who some people saw get out of his van and disappear in the water and mud.
The firefighters recovered him lifeless. In the village, meanwhile, 150 children on holiday at summer camps have been brought to safety in the sports hall , also available to anyone who needs it, and there is a red zone along the stream with no access. The firefighters are busy clearing the streets of debris and trying to make them safe.
(Online Union)
