Monday 24 April 2017

Winter returns to Europe: Jet stream brings rare April snow and cold to Europe causing chaos in many Eastern countries

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Winter has returned to most of Europe and the chill has reached as far south as Turkey and Greece.
The Jet Stream is pulling cold air from the Arctic causing much of Europe to endure much colder than normal temperatures for the time of the year

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It’s so cold in the night in Switzerland farmers have introduced frost protection with fire buckets in the vineyards of Switzerland during the night to protect the vines against frost.

Marco Kaschuba

Rare April snow downs trees, creates travel chaos in eastern Europe

Areas from Romania to Moldova and Ukraine were the latest in Europe to receive rare and disruptive April snow this week.

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