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Italy is plagued by snowdrifts and floods, Croatia has been hit by a strong storm

Around the city of Belluno in Venice, the transport system collapsed due to rain, snow and subsequent landslides. The head of the region, Luca Zaia, called on everyone to avoid traveling to the area due to the risk of landslides and the high risk of avalanches.

In the village of Gosaldo, a flooded river tore down a bridge and a fire truck, which ended at the bottom of the creek. Fortunately, the crew was out of the car at the time. Near the city of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region, 60 families were evacuated when the Panaro River spilled from the banks.

In a village about 50 kilometers west of Lake Como, a 53-year-old man died when a tree fell on him, which broke under the onslaught of snow. A 51-year-old worker died in a landslide on Sunday.

For safety reasons, the Brenner railway line between Bolzano and the Italian border is closed and the Brenner motorway is also closed from Sunday evening, with Austria not currently accessible from the Italian side.

In the Dolomites, the fifth, ie the highest degree of avalanche risk, applies. In the mountain areas, 80 to 140 cm of snow fell and the situation was aggravated by strong winds.

Croatia is also struggling with the vagaries of the weather. The area was hit by a severe storm accompanied by an extremely strong wind. In the cities of Split and Šibenik, the wind reached gusts of up to 130 km / h. The towns of Kasteli and Rogoznica were flooded within a few hours by torrential rain.

The sea was rough so that the waves reached a height of up to six meters. A number of small boats moored in the ports of these cities were destroyed and sunk. Drivers should avoid coastal roads.

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