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Across parts of italy. really strong winds in that part of the world. >> this has made headlines in the weather center for about two days. just because it's leaving scenes like this. it's pushing up vessels and ships aground across the adriatic. that's how strong and how violent this localized wind pam known as the bora winds is. it's done something incredible in the northern parts of italy. look at this footage. we teased it earlier before the commercial break. this is several hundred skiering being air-lifted from cable gondolas. they narrowly escaped what was a potential of a terrifying fal...

Called the bora winds. it grounded a ship across split croatia on friday. take a look at this. overturning 18-wheeler trucks. this localized wind spread into parts of northern italy as well creating this scene at one of the ski resorts in the dolamites. those are gondolas. several hundred people stuck in these cable cars. narrowly escaping what was a dangerous situation. now we had helicopters come in and rescue them. basically what happened was this 130 kilometer per hour wind gusts knocked over one of the trees onto the kablgs that carry these gone these gondolas and people feared if they co...

Cables could snap. that's why they initiated the rescue attempts. fortunately the hundreds of skiers that were rescued were all brought down by safely by hospital or by cable. the wind gusts across this region, near the coast of croatia, 162 kilometers purr hour. the dolomites, that was 130 kilometers per hour. and the bora winds continue for the next 42 to 48 hours. parts of greece and certainly across the adriatic into parts of italy. this is all thanks to a part of pressure gradients, forming behind the mountain line. this low pressure system we've been discussing moves in a westerly direct...