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Europe has firm control in two low pressure areas. While it remains relatively mild in Germany and only snows occasionally, emergency services in neighboring countries face challenges.
In Südtirol This weekend, the Alpha alert level is applied twice: in addition to the corona pandemic, emergency services are also on alert due to heavy snowfall. Up to 80 centimeters of fresh snow had already fallen at individual locations in the morning.
The result: several hundred homes were temporarily without power. The downed trees caused road closures and failed train connections throughout the region. You can see the images of drifting snow in Europe here..
Ski races canceled in Switzerland
Also in the Switzerland It’s snowing a lot so I had to go inside St. Moritz, the women’s Super G race at the Ski World Cup canceled on short notice on Saturday. The second highest level of danger was declared in the canton of Ticino, while power outages occurred in Graubünden.
In France A Swiss private jet got off the runway at Annecy-Mont Blanc airfield due to heavy snowfall. The flight had been diverted there due to bad weather. Three people were injured in the accident.
In Germany On the other hand, it remains mostly cloudy and rainy, with snow falling mostly at higher altitudes. Up to 6 inches of fresh snow was announced for the edge of the Alps. However, due to the high temperatures, the snow could melt quickly.
According to the German Meteorological Service (DWD), this is due to two low pressure areas that persist with their foothills over Western and Central Europe. “The weather is pretty boggy,” a DWD meteorologist said Saturday in Offenbach. Also in the next week “no significant changes in the climate are expected.”
Temperatures in the east also fluctuate between five and eleven degrees on Sunday, in the rest of the country a maximum of six degrees is reached with heavy cloud cover. Also on Mondays and Tuesdays it is said that it is cloudy or foggy and there is always some rain. “Like much in the east, sometimes a feeling of late autumn can emerge,” said the meteorologist. At night there are moderate frosts, especially in the Alps.
