Avalanche Blocks Tunnel In Italy; Heavy Snow, Avalanches And Power Outages Hit India; Pakistan Freezes; South Pole Logs Third-Earliest -60C On Record; + MSM Wildfire Pantomime

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Avalanche Blocks Tunnel In Italy

Europe's heavy March snow is intensifying.

Focusing on Italy, a number of locales have been cut-off by accumulations totaling 3+ meters (10 feet) in some spots.

“In its journey the cyclonic vortex has brought up to 3meters of #snow in some areas of NW italy Alps,with local avalanches, and also heavy rains in many regions. Here the latest 24hrs evolution by MSG with the vortex gradually moving away.” — antonio vecoli on X

The Italian Alpine town of Rhêmes-Notre-Dame, for example, in the northwestern Val d'Aosta was cut off on Monday after an avalanche blocked the access road there.

Likewise in Cogne, around 2,000 people were cut off after heavy snowfall there.

While in upper Gressoney valley, 6,000 have been isolated since Sunday after snow blocked the entrance to a tunnel at Gaby.
  

Further south, plunging temperatures have meant snowfall for Mount Vesuvius and for the Gennargentu massif in Sardinia.

Heavy snow has been pounding vast areas of the European Alps this week, particularly its southwest slopes.

“Le retour d'est a apporté 1,20 mètre de neige en 24h à Bonneval-sur-Arc en Savoie ! Plusieurs routes vers les stations sont fermées. (© Dominique Cazenove)” — Météo Express on X

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