Gales blast Italy

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 22 - Gale-force winds blasted Italy on Friday reaching speeds of 150 kph and raising up to eight-metre waves along coastlines.
    The gales caused severe disruption in Tuscany with road and rail traffic halted while in Naples ferries to Ischia and Procida were halted and in Marche trees were blown down and hit stationary and empty cars.
    Trees were felled by gales at La Spezia where a container lorry was blown into the sea.
    Conditions will improve at the weekend, weathermen said. (ANSA).