The Abruzzo region on Tuesday
started procedures to ask for a state of emergency to be
declared amid a wave of exceptionally bad weather, with
blizzards scheduled at least until Wednesday.
A reported 300,000 people, or one-fourth of the region's
population, are currently without electricity in the worst wave
of inclement weather in years, local authorities said.
In March 2015, 250,000 people were left without electricity
by snow and freezing temperatures.
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