Italy today issued an extreme avalanche warning in the Piedmont region in the northwest of the country, while an avalanche has already buried the road in the neighboring Aosta Valley region. The agency ANSA states that there are no reports of injuries in today's avalanche that cut off the popular tourist resort of Konje in the Alps. Firefighters and rescue services are trying to clear the road. The regional environmental protection agency ARPA announced today that there is a "very strong" avalanche danger in Piedmont, marking it as the highest, fifth threat level. ARPA warned of "possible medium to large spontaneous avalanches that could affect roads or infrastructure in the valley". The most unstable snow will be Monday night through Tuesday morning, according to ARPA.
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