Avalanche In Italy Kills Five; Major Cold Blast Forecast For The U.S. Next Week; Heavy Snow For Northern China; Late-Season Frosts Threaten Argentina’s Wheat; + The Strongest Solar Flare Of The Space
'Arctic outbreak' to plunge deep into the United States early next week.
Avalanche In Italy Kills Five
An avalanche on Cima Vertana (Vertainspitze), a peak in Italy’s Ortler Alps, has killed five German climbers.
The mountaineers were struck by a slab of snow that broke free at 16:00 on Saturday. Three victims were recovered the same day, while fog and fading light delayed retrieval of the remaining two until Sunday morning.
Rescuers say the slide was caused by recent heavy snow that failed to bond to the older icy layer beneath — a common setup for early-season avalanches. The region saw multiple snowfalls through late October and early November, with a foot+ reported and strong winds forming unstable slabs.
The deaths on Cima Vertana follow a spate of early snow-related incidents across the Alps.
Major Cold Blast Forecast For The U.S. Next Week
An ‘Arctic outbreak’ is forecast to plunge deep into the United States early next week, with subfreezing air reaching as far south as the Gulf of Mexico America by Monday, November 10.
The ECMWF run (below) shows 850 hPa (upper air) temperatures dipping below -12C (10F) across large swaths of the Midwest and Plains, with the cold mass driving southward through the central corridor.
