Vehicles have been trapped on a winding mountain pass after heavy rainfall caused landslides on the border with France and Italy.
Lorries were pictured stuck amid the debris, with the road ahead totally blocked with mud and rock that tore down from the hillside above.
The road is way to narrow for the vehicles to administer turning around, so that they could face having to reverse for miles, all the best way back to the closest turnoff, just before the town of Argentera in Italy.
The landslides happened on the Strada Statale 21 del Colle della Maddalena, which heads north into the French Alps.
Emergency services said the landslides happened after an intense downpour.
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This afternoon, firefighters were clearing the road surface to follow vehicles stuck on the road to maneuver again.
It will not be clear exactly where the lorries are stuck, however the road has been closed in each directions just south of Argentera town, near Turin in northern Italy.
ANSA news agency reported that drivers were being rescued by the fireplace service.
They added that team of volunteers together with the Turin Drago 66 helicopter were going to the location to support the efforts to take care of the landslides.
The heavy rain comes as elsewhere in Europe swelters under a heat dome, with Spain and Italy predicted to see a maximu temperature topping 42C.
Spain, Portugal, Greece and France have all issued extreme heat, wildfire and health warnings.
Several Italian regions, including Sicily and Liguria, have introduced bans on outdoor work through the hottest hours of the day.
The heatwave follows a series of extreme-heat records, including Europe’s hottest March ever, in keeping with the EU’s Copernicus climate monitor.
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