Extreme cold, snow and heavy rain hit half of Europe
- January 4, 2024
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heavy rain, snow and cold snap plunged much of Europe into chaos in the early days of January, especially in Western and Northern Europe, with at least six
heavy rain, snow and cold snap plunged much of Europe into chaos in the early days of January, especially in Western and Northern Europe, with at least six people diedtransport disruptions, power outages and school closures.
This storm is forecast to last at least through the weekend, with temperatures continuing to drop even in southern areas such as Spainwhere the polar sea air mass will receive the traditional Three Wise Men with snow in very small quantities.
The three people who died yesterday due to the hurricane in Netherlands, UK and Belgium, A fourth is added, whose body was found last night. 73-year-old man died when his car was washed away by floodwaters occurring in northern France.
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And today, after three days of searching, Lapland police discovered: body of missing 12 year old boy after an avalanche in Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, which also killed his mother. Bad weather conditions and thick snow made the search difficult.
France, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. These are some of the countries hardest hit today by this first storm of the year.
In fact andThousands of people are trapped in southern Sweden on the roads due to heavy snow – a large number of cars have been stuck on the E22 between Hörby and Kristianstad since yesterday Wednesday – and thousands of houses have been left without electricity.
According to the Swedish agency T.T.A thousand people remain trapped this morning, although some have been taken away by ambulances and others are receiving assistance from the armed forces.
on the radio P4 NorrbottenAbout 4,000 homes were left without power due to downed power lines, and temperatures partially dropped to minus 38 degrees.
Further north, in Swedish Lapland, temperatures as low as minus 43.6 degrees were recorded last night. lowest in 25 years.
In Finnish Lapland, thermometers recorded this morning, shortly before noon local time, minus 42.7 degrees at Enontekiyo airportnear the border with Norway, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, this is the lowest temperature in the last ten years and a mark that has been reached only three times since 2000.
Meanwhile in Denmark, one and a half meters of snow could be measured this morning in Hald, west of the Jutland peninsula, according to that country’s weather service, which is the deepest depth recorded in the last 13 years.
Also further east, in the city of Svendborg, they fell. 59 millimeters of rain per square meter in one daybreaking a record since 1886.
In France, this Thursday the red flood warning remains in the department of Calais, where at least 371 people had to be evacuated in anticipation of a new rain front.
The situation remains at red alert due to the Aa River flood and at orange alert in Hem, Kancha, Lees Plain and Lys Amont.
According to the prefecture, in the Pas-de-Calais department on Wednesday at 20:00 (19:00 GMT) 1,299 residents were directly affected by floodswhich impacted 189 municipalities where river flooding occurred.
450 firefighters have been mobilized there. from the department, which has been joined by 120 arrivals from across the country since Wednesday.
Authorities have installed pumping equipment in different parts of Pas-de-Calais and the neighboring Nord department bordering Belgium, which is also on orange alert due to the risk of floods, with a capacity of up to 62,340 cubic meters of water per hour. .
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French government spokesman Olivier Veran, who is set to visit victims and services working to minimize the impact of the floods today, insisted it was a “climate disaster” and said they were following the rules. promises made by President Emmanuel Macron after November floods in the same area.
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The UK Environment Agency is maintaining a total of 271 flood warnings in various parts of England, particularly in the center and east, as a result of the storm that has hit the country these days.
In parallel, the Met Office has issued a yellow warning for rain in London and south-west England from 1200 GMT today until 0300 GMT tomorrow, where the rainfall “may cause further flooding and changes to transport services”. since many places are already saturated with water from previous rains.
However, it explained that the current risk of power outages or flooding in homes and businesses is “small”, although road transport could be affected.
The Siberian cold also set in during this first week of the New Year in Moscow. with a temperature of more than 25 degrees below zero.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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