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Ticino woke up on Friday morning under a blanket of snow. It was a danger level four out of five. Road conditions were precarious and individual roads in southern Ticino were closed. There were landslides.
According to the summary of the Viasuisse transport service, the heavy snowfall in Ticino has caused several road closures. In southern Ticino, near the border, road traffic was slow. Traffic jams formed in front of the truck customs in Chiasso. In Biasca and Gambarogno, roads were closed after landslides.
Canton Ticino police called on the population to be careful on Friday and recommended not leaving the house if possible. Images on social media showed snow-covered palm trees in Lugano, snow-covered cars in Tesserete or saccharified trees in Valcolla.
According to the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (Meteo-Switzerland), a striking congestion has prevailed in the south since Thursday night. This caused heavy snowfall in Ticino and the southern valleys of Graubünden, on the northern side of the Alps, the foehn blowing with wind peaks expected of up to 150 km / h until Friday evening.
The Leventina and the Sottoceneri were particularly affected by the snowfall. According to Meteo-Switzerland, precipitation should turn into rain on Friday night below 800 meters above sea level.
In southeastern Switzerland, the Meteonews weather service expected more than a meter of fresh snow by Sunday. Even in the lowlands on the north side of the Alps, there could be some snow on Saturday night.
