Fresh snowfalls early on Thursday
hit northern and central Italy, causing further disruption,
especially for transport.
Cities registering the most snow on Thursday morning included
Turin, Cuneo, Bologna, Parma and Reggio Emilia, as well as in
Milan, Florence and Genoa, among others.
The A1 highway between Arezzo and Chiusi, in Tuscany, was
shut down for an hour in the morning due to the ice with road
police urging "drivers not to take the road unless strictly
necessary".
In central Italy, snowfalls were reported in Florence and
across Tuscany since 1:30 am although civil protection
authorities did not report critical situations.
Schools in Florence were shut down on Thursday.
Milan was among northern cities hit by snowfalls with up to
two centimeters of snow in the city center but local traffic was
reportedly not affected.
Delays were reported at Bologna's international airport.
Genoa and Perugia were also under the snow on Thursday
morning although civil protection authorities did not report
specific problems across the Umbria and Liguria regions except
for power outages in areas around Imperia in Liguria.
Overall, train traffic was most affected by weather
conditions with Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato
(FS) cutting down 50 to 70% of local trains in the regions of
Liguria, Piedmont, Veneto, Fiuli Venezia-Giulia, Emilia Romagna,
Tuscany and Lazio.
Only 80% of high-speed trains serving the Milan-Rome-Naples
line were travelling on Thursday.
A reported 90% of FS trains connecting Turin, Milan and
Venice and Genoa with Rome were working as well as 70% of trains
between Genoa and Milan.
The Italo rail company reportedly cancelled 12 connections on
Thursday.
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