IN PHOTOS: First snowfalls of season turn northern Italy white
After months of warm and wet weather, winter has well and truly arrived in Italy with snowfall as far south as Sardinia. And more flakes are on the way.
While the Alps are already blanketed, this week even areas at lower altitude got a taste of snow.
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The village of Sassello in Liguria. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP
The first flakes of the year fell on the northern cities of Milan, Turin, Genoa, Parma and Bologna, among others, on Wednesday night.
Bologna ❄️❄️ ❤️? pic.twitter.com/rndtVPkHOx
— Cesare Cremonini (@CremoniniCesare) December 2, 2020
Beautiful dump of snow in #Parma this morning.
"...soundlessly collateral and incompatible..." (#LouisMacneice) pic.twitter.com/LZxjcw0unS
— Tobias Jones (@Tobias_Italia) December 2, 2020
There was even snow in the mountains near Rome and on the island of Sardinia, hundreds of kilometres further south.
Neve in provincia di Roma: imbiancati Terminillo e Monte Livata https://t.co/DWl0OgZfnC pic.twitter.com/DzQsGKucSJ
— Roma Today (@romatoday) December 2, 2020
Meanwhile other parts of the country have been drenched by heavy rainfall, including Venice where authorities were braced for high tides.
More snow is forecast over the coming days, especially in the north-west.
Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP
Unfortunately for snow tourists, Italy's mountains look set to remain closed to skiers until at least January as the country cracks down on travel over the holidays.
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Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP
Winter weather words in Italian
la neve – snow
la nevicata – snowfall
i fiocchi – flakes
innevato – snow-covered
imbiancato – turned white
il gelo – ice
l'inverno – winter
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While the Alps are already blanketed, this week even areas at lower altitude got a taste of snow.
READ ALSO: 'A different kind of Christmas': What's in Italy's new emergency decree?
The village of Sassello in Liguria. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP
The first flakes of the year fell on the northern cities of Milan, Turin, Genoa, Parma and Bologna, among others, on Wednesday night.
Bologna ❄️❄️ ❤️? pic.twitter.com/rndtVPkHOx
— Cesare Cremonini (@CremoniniCesare) December 2, 2020
Beautiful dump of snow in #Parma this morning.
— Tobias Jones (@Tobias_Italia) December 2, 2020
"...soundlessly collateral and incompatible..." (#LouisMacneice) pic.twitter.com/LZxjcw0unS
There was even snow in the mountains near Rome and on the island of Sardinia, hundreds of kilometres further south.
Neve in provincia di Roma: imbiancati Terminillo e Monte Livata https://t.co/DWl0OgZfnC pic.twitter.com/DzQsGKucSJ
— Roma Today (@romatoday) December 2, 2020
Meanwhile other parts of the country have been drenched by heavy rainfall, including Venice where authorities were braced for high tides.
More snow is forecast over the coming days, especially in the north-west.
Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP
Unfortunately for snow tourists, Italy's mountains look set to remain closed to skiers until at least January as the country cracks down on travel over the holidays.
READ ALSO: Italy bans travel between towns over Christmas
Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP
Winter weather words in Italian
la neve – snow
la nevicata – snowfall
i fiocchi – flakes
innevato – snow-covered
imbiancato – turned white
il gelo – ice
l'inverno – winter
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