NEWS
Thousands of trees razed by storm in north of Italy
15:57 November 03, 2018 Reuters
Thousands of trees were razed in the violent storms and extreme bad weather that battered Italy this week, resulting in at least 15 deaths. Strong winds of up to 190 kilometers-per-hour (118 miles-per-hour) razed centuries-old pines in Trentino Alto Adige and Veneto, causing damage to the environmental heritage of Alps. In the Dolomites, thousands of red spruces were razed and dragged away while landslides blocked regional roads, isolating villages. The wave of bad weather, that hit the Peninsula from north to south, flooded much ofVenice, leaving the lagoon city's St. Mark's Square under water.