Mont Blanc tunnel in the French Alps, was indefinitely Thursday night closed in both directions, including France and Italy due to flooding, authorities said.
"After 21.00 clock due to heavy flooding and flooding as a result of the rupture of a water bag, the Mont-Blanc tunnel is closed indefinitely in both directions," said a statement from the information and the coordination of road (CRICRs) Rhône-Alpes and Auvergne.
"Event n? Had no effect on transport vehicles or their occupants," the German-Italian tunnel operator, in turn, the European Economic Interest Grouping Mont Blanc tunnel (EEIG TMB) said in a statement.
He said the flow of "all vehicles" was shortly after 20.00 clock "the blockade? Path French Platform by the overflowing of the river Creusaz, about 300 meters from the entrance to the tunnel" arrested Haute, -Savoie.
The first cut is in France, Italy, Chamonix, as CRICRs.
"The technical team is currently hard? Efforts to the necessary checks and will clear the streets as quickly as possible," he said.
"Accordingly, it is recommended that the driver on the road Rhône-Alpes Italy, so that Turin and Milan to that of the variable message signs, through the Frejus tunnel direction indicated" continued CRICRs.
Within a year, 5,000 vehicles travel daily on average in both meanings of the tunnel, after the operator.
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