A wave of extreme weather featuring
freezing temperatures, heavy snow, violent storms and gale-force
winds continued to make life difficult in many parts of Italy on
Tuesday.
Snow and heavy rain took several roads out of use and schools
were closed in many parts of the country, including the
provinces of L'Aquila a Potenza.
Around one metre of snow fell in Amatrice in four hours and
winds of over 120 km/h battered the northern port of Trieste.
A woman in the Tuscan town of San Quirico d'Orcia had to give
birth with the help of advice via telephone from a midwife as
she was unable to leave her home because of the weather after
she went into labour.
Scientists says that climate change caused by human
greenhouse-gas emissions is making extreme weather events more
frequent and intense.
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