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Snowstorm blankets Greece, incredible footage: Icy air from Eastern Europe reaches the Mediterranean
In recent days, Eastern Europe was hit by an icy wave with snow, and temperatures dropped to 0 degrees.
TL;DR
- Eastern Europe experienced an icy wave with snow, dropping temperatures to 0 degrees Celsius.
- The cold air mass moved south, bringing rain and snow to the region, reaching as far as southern Greece.
- Temperatures in Romania and Bulgaria's mountains dropped to -13 degrees Celsius, with frost affecting several Balkan countries.
- Greece experienced unseasonably cold weather with rain and snow in early May, a rarity for the season.
- The snowline in central Greece lowered to 1200 meters, with snow also falling in Turkey.
- Simultaneously, a warm air mass from Southwestern Europe brought temperatures up to 25 degrees Celsius to Northern and Western Europe.
- Temperatures in Eastern Europe were below average, with some areas 10 degrees colder than normal.