Weather, still chaos on the trains in Milan

23 12 2009

10 hours 26 minutes The bad weather continues to cause disruptions in northern Italy, with a strong chaos for trains delayed or canceled at the station in Milan, while the movement of aircraft and on our roads is slowly returning to normality between the forecast of rain and temperature rise in the coming days. Continue reading this news after the blocking of trains at dawn in Milan, because of "numerous breaches of the power line routes to Bologna and Genoa in the night caused by ice, movement in the afternoon continues to be difficult and cause great inconvenience with repercussions throughout Italy. Many trains arriving and departing on all flights are delayed for 3-4 hours or even suppressed, while thousands of people are waiting to leave and you risk nearly brawl on a train to go up for Lecce, began with several hours of delay. Today, the CEO of Fs Mauro Moretti - who in recent days had invited anyone who wanted to travel by train to acquire food and blankets - has opened the possibility of reimbursement for passengers. "We will discuss, because we know that people have had some discomfort," he said speaking on RaiDue after days ago had ruled out this option instead citing EU regulations. A note of the FS also explains that "with regard compensation for the delays, that these circumstances are not covered by existing legislation, Trenitalia is considering other forms of care and compensation, whether by virtue of the particulars that will come from institutions, "stressing that" for over 7,000 people have decided not to travel was arranged on an exceptional full reimbursement of the ticket without deduction. "The President of the Lombardy Region Roberto Formigoni has criticized the choice of rail. "E 'unacceptable RFI (Italian Railway Network) has decided this night, without prior consultation, to block the movement of trains in Sydney," he said, noting that "unthinkable that such decision is taken without consulting the Region . AIRPORTS TO NORMALITY 'After the closure of yesterday, the airports of Linate and Malpensa - experiencing criticit into the supply of antifreeze necessary for take-off aircraft - are open, though with flights delayed two hours average, according to reports from the region, while public transport in town moving regularly. ENAC also announced that throughout the North Italy SIT uazione airports is improving and being rectified, thanks to improving weather conditions. Alitalia has announced that this morning from Linate - where yesterday and this morning the closure of the airport caused the cancellation of "several" flights - departed 22 aircraft and confirmed that passengers with tickets for 22 and 23 can rebook flights, change the route or get a refund at no additional charge by 26 December. The highways continue to be viable throughout Italy, even though Gee Today traffic from "red dot", especially towards the south, ahead of the Christmas feast-immininenti with intense sull'Autosole and flows on the A14 Bologna-Taranto. HIGH WATER IN VENICE; Lavine IN LOMBARDY the Civil Defense instead reported discomfort for providing users with 3,000 ELECTRICITY stopped in Milan and 2000 in Prato. It 'was also issued a notice of "moderate criticit for Avalanche tomorrow in Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Lecco, Sondrio and Varese. In Venice, the high water reached 143 centimeters, while in Sicily, in Palermo, the strong southeast wind caused damage and has seen efforts by firefighters to remove uprooted trees and electricity poles. In Rome firefighters are occurring at Ostia, where a storm has been flooded several homes and a building was evacuated. In Britain, a Ryanair flight slid off the runway at Prestwick Airport near Glasgow, causing no injuries to the 129 people on board, while the rail operator Eurostar, which operates travel through the Channel Tunnel, has warned passengers not to show up at the station in London before 14 because the trains are full after the three-day stop. beautiful weather from Saturday Meanwhile, the forecast rain damage widespread and continuous but very strong on Liguria, Tuscany, Lombardy, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Triveneto, with temperatures rising to the Center-South, but still frost in the Po Valley and high winds. Cloudy on Lazio, Umbria and the South in general. Last night the head of Civil Protection Guido Bertolaso said to be concerned now for the possible risk of flooding due to rains and melting snow will cause the rise in river levels . The trend for today and Christmas always overcast and precipitation. To see the sun throughout most of Italy you will have to wait for Saturday. - On www.reuters.it other news site Reuters in Italian. The top news also on www.twitter.com / reuters_italia


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