Snow on Mallorca?
An unusual picture that can currently be admired on the Spanish island.
Winter is also affecting southern Europe.
Palma – After the unusually warm start to January, the long-awaited snow came back.
But not only Germany is mostly covered by snow.
The cold has Europe under control again, in Austria the masses of snow caused chaos.
And even the south, which is actually mild in winter, was hit.
Instead of sun and comfortable temperatures, winter has arrived in Mallorca.
Snow on Mallorca: It turned white overnight – the cold should stay
Not only in the mountains of the Serra de Tramuntana on the Germans' favorite holiday island is there frost and snow, it has even snowed in the island's capital, Palma.
There, at sea level, the snow didn't stay long.
In the mountains, however, the white splendor could be admired and snowmen were even spotted here and there.
It even continued to snow on Wednesday night, according to
Mallorca Magazine
.
Uncomfortable, wet and cold winter weather with snow in the mountains above 800 meters was also expected for the next few days.
There will also be hail, lightning and thunder in places.
Otherwise there is rain and strong winds with high waves, especially on the north-west coast, as reported by the
Mallorca newspaper
.
After that it should stay cool, at least by the end of the month a maximum of 12 to 13 degrees will be reached.
Not only Mallorca: snow in southern Italy too - up to two meters in Rimini
But it didn't just surprisingly snow on the Spanish island, snow also fell in southern Italy.
Even in the Sicilian province of Siracusa, where a heat record of 48.8 degrees was measured in the summer, it turned white overnight.
In many towns and villages in central Italy, the fresh snow paralyzed traffic and caused chaos.
In the Valmarecchia valley in the province of Rimini, the snow masses reached a height of up to two meters on Monday morning, as reported by the Ansa news agency.
The authorities also warned of avalanches.
In Perugia, the capital of the Umbria region, a number of roads were closed from which the fresh snow could not initially be cleared.
Tantissima neve sull'appennino romagnolo: le immagini dal drone in volo sopra Pennabilli (Rimini) dove è sceso oltre un metro di neve #neve #pennabilli #localteam pic.twitter.com/rfNU6AET49
— Local Team (@localteamtv) January 23, 2023
Further, sometimes heavy snowfall was also expected in the northern Italian holiday region of South Tyrol on Monday.
(md with dpa)
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