“BEYOND EXCEPTIONAL” SNOWSTORM HITS THE ALPS: AUSTRIAN VILLAGE LITERALLY BURIED

DECEMBER 7, 2020 CAP ALLON

https://electroverse.net/austrian-village-literally-buried/

An extensive and strong upper-level ridge has developed over the North Atlantic, blocking the westerly zonal flow towards the European continent–a phenomenon found to increase during times of low solar activity (such as we’re experiencing now).

A particularly dangerous situation was expected to develop across the Alps on Sunday, December 6th, according to severe-weather.eu, and the deep trough certainly didn’t disappoint.

More than 2 meters (6.6 feet) of global warming goodness buried parts of the Alps on Sunday, with another meter+ forecast overnight into Monday.

As a result, avalanche warnings were raised to their maximum level. In addition, there are currently no trains running on the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy. And many passes and highways have also been blocked, reports en24news.com.

Power outages persist across the Italian portion of Tyrol, according to the region’s civil defense. Some 1,400 firefighters have been dispatched since Sunday morning to assist with the disruption.

While in the Austrian section of the Alps, the village of Prägraten was literally buried under “beyond exceptional” snowfall over the weekend, with at least four houses disappearing.

The snow began falling Saturday, and proved relentless:

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Snowfall in Prägraten, Austria.

Snowfall continued in Prägraten, Austria.

“Creaking [roof] beams” were soon reported as the record-breaking snow continued to mount. And it wasn’t long before a number of buildings had been compromised, with roofs, doors and windows unable to hold back the weight:

Buildings across Prägraten and Tyrol, Austria compromised by snow.

Buildings across Prägraten and Tyrol, Austria compromised by snow.

Miraculously no one was injured, but some 100 people had to be evacuated.

Residents across the region are urged to stay indoors.

Although not everyone heeded the advice:

In the news today, the UK Met Office is warning that snowfall across England will be a thing of the past by 2040–having originally told us back in 2000 that “within a few years winter snowfall will become a very rare and exciting event”. But there is another doomsday prophesy whose clock is about to uneventfully expire — we were also told the Alps will be snow free by 2025?! Following this weekend’s “beyond exceptional” accumulations, David Birch succinctly writes on Twitter: “Do me a favour…”

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