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Florence, January 2, 2020 – Historic Snowfall in the Tuscan mountains. Dall ‘Abetone a For the Zeri until’Amiata, all the Apennines are affected by the rains. From Christmas they became really intense, until the maxi snowfall on New Year’s Eve and January 1. The images are postcard-worthy, but at the same time there are no shortcomings, with interventions by Alpine rescue in particular in the municipality of Castiglione Garfagnana, where an avalanche occurred. On Facebook there are hundreds of photos of the different shelters. And there is great bitterness on the part of the operators: without the covid this would have been a sensational season for skiing.
Discomfort in the province of Pistoia
He still criticizes the situation in the Mountains of Pistoia, due to the abundant snowfall of the last hours, which in Abetone has already reached almost two meters high, creating problems for traffic and power lines in the area. Firefighters are still busy dealing with the damage caused by the snow, which caused several plants to collapse on the road. The teams are intervening with various means, including a turbine and a cutter to remove snow from the connecting roads. between the Abetone and Cutigliano areasand to secure trees damaged by the weight of snow. Also there Pistoia Province has been working since yesterday to coordinate interventions. The carabinieri are also working in the mountains of Pistoia, who carried out various rescue interventions last night, helping less experienced or older drivers to mount the chains on cars.
“I’ve never seen so much snow like this”
“I’ve never seen so much snow, it fell in just over 24 hours.” They say it from the Burigone refuge in San Pellegrino in Alpe, in the municipality of Castiglione Garfagnana. A well-known place, also equipped with beds, at 1420 meters above sea level. A lot of snow fell here, especially on New Year’s Eve. And the settings are really fabulous. But the inhabitants of the area themselves are amazed. It’s hard to remember such heavy snowfall.
Group touched by avalanche, rescue
Fear in the municipality of Castiglione Garfagnana in Pradaccio. January 1 an avalanche touched a group of people. One in particular was buried under the snow. “The person overwhelmed by the avalanche – says the mountain rescue, who intervened – was lucky because he was completely submerged but with his hand and stick visible. She came out unscathed despite a roll downstream about 40 meters. The thickness of the chipped snow was about 50cm, cohesive but inconsistent. “In the area the snow is very heavy, it did not stop snowing all night and in a few hours a very thick blanket was deposited.
Stuck in the snow: rescued and fined
They are trapped with the car in the snow, saved by the carabinieri. It happened on Casentino’s side of the Pratomagno. At 5.40 pm on the first day of the year at the Bibbiena (Arezzo) operations center, two young men, a boy and a girl from Casentino, who had been stranded, received a request for help. with the car going up to Pratomagno. The rescue car was started and reached the place where the two young men were by carabinieri, civil defense and firefighters not without difficulty due to heavy snowfall. Once there, rescuers activated a turbine of the Civil protection under the municipality of Poppi. The two were rescued, renewed, and even fined for violating anti-covid legislation. The car stayed in place. It will recover at a later time.
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