A cold snap bit Italy on Thursday
with snow and gales in Alto Adige, Sardinia, Campania and
Basilicata, where schools were ordered shut for two days in the
capital Potenza.
The Potenza-Metaponto rail line was blocked after a tree was
blown down.
Mt Vesuvius saw heavy and low snowfall.
Icy winds hit other parts including Rome.
Both the Marche and Calabria regions asked the government to
declare a state of natural calamity.
In Marche it was because of long damage to crops from
torrential rain and heavy snow.
In Calabria it was because of coastal damage from powerful
breakers.
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