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UK and Europe weather chaos latest: 26 deaths, thousands trapped. TRIPLE polar vortex bringing HEAVY SNOW (updates in OP)
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A RARE triple-vortex polar blast is threatening to thrust the UK into a snowy January as a plume of sub-zero air across Britain will lock the nation into Arctic misery until spring, forecasters have warned.
Near unprecedented changes in the atmosphere above the North Pole will collude to create a perfect storm of brutal weather drivers, experts warn.
Icy gales expected to sweep through the coming weeks will send temperatures plummeting while milder westerlies are held at bay.
Bitter cold will be driven by a Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) of the Arctic airmass causing a shift in wind direction across northern Europe.
Extreme cold weather could hold out through January and into February with the additional risk of heavy snow threatening widespread chaos.
[link to www.express.co.uk (secure)]
Update on 10th January:
Quoting: NewGeneration2019
Just last night we had all highway across high-frankonia in unpassable state and blocked in all ways. some guy needed 15 hours for a route that normally takes 20 minutes. These clouds are now on the way down to the alps and generate another 1 meter of snow in areas that are already buried under up to 2 meters. Some areas have raised emergency status. military is already assisting: some latest news: [ link to www.br.de (secure)] [ link to www.infranken.de (secure)]
Update on 11th January:
In Germany the army has been mobilized to clean the roofs in danger to collapse. It could be a disaster for many houses and official buildings, like schools, kindergardens and public swimming pools when its starts to rain or to melt and all of a sudden the snow weights 10 times as much.
Quoting: Anonymer Feigling
Snow brings parts of Europe to standstillHeavy snowfalls brought chaos to parts of Germany and Sweden on Friday, leaving roads blocked, trains halted and schools shut. The front of a Swiss hotel was hit by an avalanche and a winter storm made roads impassable in Sweden and Norway. ...in Austria, three metres of snow fell in some parts in previous days. " Such quantities of snow above 800m altitude only happen once every 30 to 100 years," said Alexander Radlherr from Austria's Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics. Roads in the Berchtesgaden area close to the Austrian border were blocked and the army sent up to 200 soldiers to help hundreds of people caught up in the snow. The Austrian military sent helicopters to blow snow off treetops to reduce the risk of trees falling on roads and rails. In Sweden wintry storms ravaged parts of the north. One area recorded winds of 49.7m per second (111mph) as Storm Jan ravaged Stekenjokk near the Norwegian border. Conditions on Friday were particularly treacherous in Bavaria, where the local broadcaster said snowfalls were paralysing public life. [ link to ichef.bbci.co.uk (secure)] [ link to www.bbc.co.uk (secure)]  Quoting: NewGeneration2019
Quoting: NewGeneration2019
Update 13th January:
Three men have been killed in an avalanche near the Austrian ski resort of Lech am Arlberg, local police say.
A fourth person is missing.
[link to www.bbc.co.uk (secure)] Quoting: NewGeneration2019
Update 14th January:
At least 26 people have died in weather-related incidents across the continent as freezing weather has taken hold.
A huge avalanche has smashed into a hotel in southern Germany after snow across Europe caused more deaths.About 1,100 people are unable to leave Balderschwang, near the Austrian border, because of an avalanche-risk on roads following days of intense snowfall, Ms Kloepf said. [ link to news.sky.com (secure)] Quoting: NewGeneration2019
Update 15th January:
More snow forecast as parts of Europe battle worst snowfall in decadesParts of Europe have been hit by the worst snowfall in decades, with dozens dead in the last month alone. [ link to www.bbc.co.uk (secure)] Quoting: NewGeneration2019
Update 22nd January:
Quoting: NewGeneration2019
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