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In Pictures: French Riviera hit by snowfall

As the big chill from Russia sweeps across France, Nice and other parts of the Côte d'Azur have been hit by heavy snow. Here are the best images of the snowfall which show a different side to the French Riviera.

Published: 26 February 2018 15:37 CET
In Pictures: French Riviera hit by snowfall
Promenade des Anglais, Nice in the snow. Photo: AFP

Even the French Riviera hasn't escaped France's deep freeze. 

In fact, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Var and Alpes-Maritimes, where Nice is located are on orange alert — the second highest warning for ice and snow.

And on Monday the snow came to Cannes, Nice, Antibes and other resorts along the normally sunny south coast. Up in the hills behind the coast the snow came down thick and fast, up to 10cm falling in places.

Naturally the locals were excited by the rare sight of white flakes falling from the sky  – the last time it snowed in these parts was 2012 – and took to Twitter to post their pics.

There wasn't quite enough snow to cover the beaches but nevertheless it made for some impressive and original pictures.

And it wasn't just the Riviera. This was the scene on the Mediterranean Island of Corsica which was also given a coating of snow on Monday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Summer is finally here! Or least it is if you live in southern Norway, where a warm front coming up from Europe will bring t-shirt temperatures of 20C by Thursday, according to forecasts.

Published: 30 April 2024 08:42 CEST
Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Warm air from southern Europe will combine with a high pressure zone which will bring clear skies and sunshine, with summery weather coming towards the end of the week, Norway’s national weather forecaster Yr has reported. 

“Thursday and Friday especially will be nice,” Ingrid Villa, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the public broadcaster NRK. “Then we will probably get temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius in some places.” 

Patches of 20C warmth are expected both in western Norway around Bergen and in Western Norway around Oslo, with the area around Tromsø expected to have slightly cooler weather, although Villa said that “it will absolutely be something like summer there too”. 

The warm sunny weather is, however, expected to pass northern Norway by, with grey overcast skies expected for much of this week. 

But if you think summer has come to Norway to stay, you risk disappointment as much cooler temperatures are expected next week.  

“There’s nothing unusual in getting an early taste of summer in April and the start of May, and then we can quickly go back to cooler more spring-like weather,” Villa said. 

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