RED ALERT issued across Europe as heavy snow continues while a 16-year-old German-Australian boy is killed in an avalanche
A snow covered commuter train is stuck
Europe’s snow chaos has deepened again with hundreds of people trapped after roads were buried by avalanches.
The highest red warnings are in place in Germany and Austria with up to six more feet of snow expected before the weekend.
According to Süddeutsche
The family reportedly called for help when they were stuck on a piste but the avalanche struck before rescue workers could reach them.
More than 1,000 miles of
Another woman, aged 54, died in her car after falling asleep in the stationary traffic on Germany’s A8 motorway.
In Slovakia, the mountain rescue service said a 37-year-old man was killed by an avalanche in the Mala Fatra mountains.
In the Austrian town of Hohentauern there were 2,000 people trapped as three feet of snow fell overnight and covered the roads, Bild reported.
Up to six more feet of snow could fall on the town before Friday, forecasters believe, leaving residents stranded.
Europe’s cold weather is the result of the jet stream forcing cold air from the Arctic over the continent, but blocking it from the UK which has experienced mild conditions.
A German weather forecaster told Deutschlandfunk that climate change was making extreme weather events such as these last longer.
‘Certain weather situations, once they exist, stay put for longer’ as a result of rising temperatures at the North Pole, he said.
