Storms rage in Italy: ski area evacuated - debris avalanche cuts off valley. Floods in the valley, avalanches in the highlands: storms rage in the north of Italy at Easter.
There is an avalanche alert level red in the valleys due to heavy snowfall. Landslides are occurring near Lake Maggiore and the Anzasca Valley was cut off from the outside world for half a day. The region's fire brigade reported forty operations on the night of Easter Sunday, and over the past few days there have been more than 100.