Snow falls in Rome for the first time in 26 YEARS
• www.dailymail.co.ukSnow fell in Rome today for the first
time in 26 years as freezing temperatures took the death toll across
Europe to more than 150.
The Italian capital is usually blessed by a moderate climate but the snowfall prompted authorities stop visitors from entering the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, the former home of Rome's ancient emperors.
The last
substantial snowfalls in Rome were in 1985 and 1986, though there have
been other cases of lighter snow since then, including in 2010. The
director of the Colosseum, Rossella Rea, said the sites were closed out
of fears that visitors could slip on ice..
Snow
began falling in the late morning Friday, leaving a light dusting on
trees and cars and forming slush on the roads. It wasn't clear if there
would be any significant accumulation on the ground.
The brave swimmers shiver in the river as the air temperature around
them falls to -25c. The icy temperatures have been repeated across
eastern Europe:
Trafalgar Square:
Sub-arctic temperatures: Snow falling and freezing on wire fences and
walls in the Pennines make ice sculptures as the whole landscape turns
white:
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