National motorway manager
Autostrade per l'Italia on Thursday deployed over 700 vehicles
and 2,000 staff to clear 700 km of its network of heavy snow.
The situation was most critical on the A1 Naples-Milan
motorway with over 40 cm of snowfall between Pian del Voglio and
the Citerna pass in the mountainous Apennine area.
Early Thursday heavy goods vehicles were rerouted along
parts of the motorway, which however remained open to
automobiles as normal.
Forecasters said the situation was set to worsen in Emilia
Romagna on Thursday evening, while conditions was set to ease up
slightly in Lombardy and northern Piedmont.
Northern Italy is bearing the brunt of a double weather
front that has been driving storms, strong winds and heavy rain
and snow across much of the country for several days.
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