Red alert for extreme weather in Veneto

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 28 - The civil protection department has put parts of Veneto on red alert for extreme weather on Wednesday as a wave of torrential rain and powerful winds continues to batter much of Italy.
    Other parts of Veneto and of Emilia-Romagna are on orange alert, the second-highest level, due to the weather front, which has also brought heavy snowfall to areas at altitude.
    Services on the Milan-Venice railway between Vicenza and Padua remained suspended on Wednesday after being halted on Tuesday due to the risk of floods and mudslides.
    Schools in Vicenza are closed on Wednesday as a precaution.
    There have been landslides in Liguria, including one that cut off connections to around 1,000 people in the village of Pieve Ligure on the outskirts of Genoa on Tuesday.
    The heavy rainfall has lifted the level of many rivers, with some dangerously close to breaking their banks.
    The River Arno is among those that are being monitored closely.
    (ANSA).