Heavy snow and strong winds have hit Germany, Austria and Poland this week.
© RIA NovostiHeavy snow and strong winds have hit the western regions of Austria this week. On Wednesday morning, the railroad near Dalaas in Vorarlberg was closed for two hours to remove the tree that had fallen across it.
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Heavy snow and strong winds have hit the western regions of Austria this week. On Wednesday morning, the railroad near Dalaas in Vorarlberg was closed for two hours to remove the tree that had fallen across it.
Austrians were enjoying a very mild fall until a few days ago, when snowstorms hit the country. Snow piled two meters deep on the road near the Grossglockner alpine road in Tyrol. In the photo: A sunflower field six miles from Innsbruck.
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Austrians were enjoying a very mild fall until a few days ago, when snowstorms hit the country. Snow piled two meters deep on the road near the Grossglockner alpine road in Tyrol. In the photo: A sunflower field six miles from Innsbruck.
© RIA NovostiSnow caused a massive 23-car pileup on the motorway between Wismar and Lubeck, Vesti.ru reports. The road was blocked for several hours.
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Snow caused a massive 23-car pileup on the motorway between Wismar and Lubeck, Vesti.ru reports. The road was blocked for several hours.
© RIA NovostiSwiss drivers will have to switch to winter tires a month early this year.
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Swiss drivers will have to switch to winter tires a month early this year.
A snowstorm left over 75,000 homes without electricity in the north of Poland. Repair crews failed to find the breakage in the wire that supplies electricity to the Warminsko-Mazurskie province, Vzglyad writes.
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A snowstorm left over 75,000 homes without electricity in the north of Poland. Repair crews failed to find the breakage in the wire that supplies electricity to the Warminsko-Mazurskie province, Vzglyad writes.
Snow started falling on St. Petersburg, Russia, last Monday, a month earlier than usual, Russian weather service gismeteo.ru says
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Snow started falling on St. Petersburg, Russia, last Monday, a month earlier than usual, Russian weather service gismeteo.ru says