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Bardonecchia is a popular destination in the Italian Alps for both winter mountain sports and summer hiking.

Video. Watch: Mud covers Alpine town in Italy after landslide

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After searching homes and cars overnight, authorities said all residents were accounted for.

Civil protection crews cleared mud-covered roads in an Italian Alpine city on Monday after a mountain mudslide sent water, soil and debris pouring into town, bursting riverbanks. 

Streets and cars in Bardonecchia, a city near Turin in the Val di Susa mountain valley, were coated in thick, grey sludge following the violent mudslides late on Sunday.

Piedmont regional governor Alberto Cirio said there were no victims and five people initially believed to be missing had been accounted for. 

In a Facebook post, Cirio said damage was significant; Deputy Premier Antonio Tajani promised support from the federal government.

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