Water bomb on Cortina, floods and roads like rivers

(ANSA) - BELLUNO, AUGUST 24 - A water bomb struck Cortina D'Ampezzo last night, causing widespread flooding, and turning many roads into streams. Some of the smaller canals of the town are flooded, and there are many basements invaded by the rain. Great work for the firefighters, who tried to drain the enormous flow of water that drained downstream, towards the center of Cortina, from the higher areas with improvised channels into the ground. The path of the old railway is semi submerged. About fifty firefighters have so far been
   Critical situation in the Verocai area, invaded by mud, while the foyer of the Alexander Hall conference center is also flooded. Already yesterday the bad weather had caused a mudslide and debris a few kilometers before Cortina, in the locality of Acquabona, causing the temporary interruption of the 51 of Alemagna. (HANDLE).