Spring snow storm wreaks deadly havoc in the Alps

Spring snow storm wreaks deadly havoc in the Alps

SAINT-JULIEN-MONT-DENIS (France), April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than a metre of snow fell in a few hours in the Alps as a rare spring storm left at least one dead and caused widespread chaos. Some ski resorts were cut off Thursday and roads, trains and schools were closed and cancelled in Switzerland, Italy and France. A 92-year-old man was found dead by firefighters in his flooded home in the Italian Piedmont region, the fire brigade and media…

CERESOLE REALE – The new low pressure system that has started hitting Piedmont again since yesterday is bringing new snow to the Alps, which is adding to the very abundant snow that fell during the days of the passage of Storm Hans. The video shows the situation yesterday evening at the Lake Serrù dam, 2,275 meters above sea level in the upper Orco valley, where over 2 meters of snow have already fallen to the ground. With the new low pressure s…