On Oct. 25th Vernazza and Monterosso were struck by torrential rains, massive flooding and mudslides that took the lives of four residents, terrorized locals and visitors, almost destroyed part of Monterosso and left Vernazza buried in over 4 meters/13+ feet of mud and debris.

After two months of hard work, the two villages are now cleared from mud and debris and reconstruction started.

Monterosso is already recovering and most restaurants, bars and shops are already opening. They are expecting to go back to normality by the end of March.

Vernazza's situation is much more complicated, but they are expecting to re-open the front sea part of the village by this spring and the main street by this summer.

Trails are also being restored and will be fine by this spring.

The other three villages, Porto Venere and the surrounding areas are perfectly fine and had no damages at all.

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