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In Italy, due to the weather, thousands of people were left without housing

Heavy rains that hit the northern part of Italy, significantly affected the convergence of landslides. According to Italian media, for security reasons, more than a thousand local residents were evacuated from the region.

Meteorologists argue that more than a hundred landslides have descended in the Liguria region alone over the weekend. Moreover, the weather simply “cut off” the small town of Castel Vittorio from the world. In the schools of Imperia, classes were canceled. A squally wind knocked down trees on a power line near Bergamo, leaving thousands of people without electricity.

The Italian government has accepted decision to introduce the highest hazard level in the region until the end of the weekend.

A couple of days ago, due to a landslide, an accident occurred on one of the railway sections in the south of the country. The train, which moved from Milan to the Italian city of Ventimiglia (Ventimiglia), went off the rails and almost fell into the sea. As a result of the incident, several people were injured, including train drivers, but now nothing threatens their lives. However, the accident violated the integrity of the railroad track, halting communication between southern Italy and France. At this moment, emergency restoration and repair work is being carried out, which is being delayed due to the terrible weather.

At the end of December last year, the country was also “attacked” by a strong cyclone, which brought with it heavy rains and heavy snowfalls. Then at the epicenter of the raging elements was the same region of Liguria. In December, traffic on the motorway was also suspended in the area, and railways were blocked.

Unfortunately, at the end of last year, it was not possible to do without casualties: as a result of avalanches and landslides, several people died. Mostly they were ski lovers who descended from the peaks of the Alps.

Now powerful cyclones have fallen not only on sunny Italy, but also on other countries. For example, in the UK it has been rains and thunderstorms that flood cities and hide islands under water for several weeks, despite the relatively warm January: the thermometer has never dropped below 6 degrees Celsius.

The country experienced a record rainfall that has not been observed for more than two decades.

In the first two weeks of this year alone, more than 600 houses were under water. Many highways were blocked due to the threat of flooding.

Bad weather “peeped” into Indonesia, where 13 people died as a result of floods and convergence of landslides, and tens of thousands of residents were evacuated.

Due to heavy rainfall in many rivers, the water level has risen, which causes serious concerns of local authorities.

In one of the country's provinces, a powerful water stream broke through the old dam, freeing up the river, which flooded many houses, leaving their owners almost on the street. Now all victims are provided with medical care. They can also find food and shelter in special campgrounds.

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