An avalanche hit an apartment
building in the Alpine town of Sestriere, near Turin, late on
Monday.
No one was hurt.
The authorities have evacuated 69 people, including several
children, who have been put up in hotels, with the local council
footing the bill.
The building has been declared unfit for access.
In addition, in the same town on Tuesday roughly 100 people
were evacuated from the Olympic Village built for the 2006
Winter games and now hosting hotels and holiday residences after
snow fell from a cornice and entered 30 rooms.
There is a high avalanche alert in many parts of northern
Italy after over two metres of snow fellow in the last 48 hours.
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