Cogne's isolation is set to end on 27
July when the regional highway connecting the Aosta Valley town
on the slopes of the Gran Paradiso mountain to the outside world
is set to reopen in both directions after being badly damaged by
devastating floods at the end of last month, Governor Renzo
Testolin said on Monday.
Almost 1,800 tourists had to be evacuated from the town by
helicopter due to the town being cut off.
Indeed, 700 cars are still stranded in Cogne.
The owners of 650 of the vehicles will be taken up by bus to the
town on July 21 to recover them.
Cogne was hit by a wave of extreme weather, which claimed lives
in Switzerland and France, and also clobbered Piedmont and other
parts of the Aosta Valley, prompting the regional government to
request a state of emergency be declared.
Scientists say the climate crisis caused by human greenhouse gas
emissions is making extreme weather events such as heatwaves,
droughts, supercharged storms and flooding more frequent and
more intense.
Although there are many sources of the greenhouse gases that are
causing global heating, the main driver is the burning of fossil
fuels such as oil, gas and coal, sales of which generate huge
profits for the world's energy giants.
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