late April snow in the Apennines. Fiocchi starting from 700 meters Gazzetta di Reggio

Castelnovo Monti End of April marked by snow. After the timid flakes of Sunday 21 April, the awakening on Monday is decidedly white for the Reggio mountains. Go up from Castelnovo Monti the landscape is decidedly wintry. Several centimeters of snow have already settled on the ground. We talk about 15 centimetres (around 10) in Castelnovo Monti e half meter in the Upper Apennines and at Rifugio Battisti.

There anti-snow task force set up by the Province it is made up of 121 blades, 60 salters and 2 cutters, as well as 30 men, including technicians (6), supervisors (11) and road workers (13). The first vehicles moved around 2 am. At the moment the greatest inconveniences are due to the trees which, in this late season, have leaves covered in snow and bend over the road. Disturbances of this type are occurring in particular on the SP91 from Ligonchio to Collagna.

While the mountain deals with the snow, from the hills to the plains it rains and rains hard.

The weather forecast for today Monday 22 April does not foresee improvements, on the contrary with the maximum temperature given is around 8 degrees between Reggio Emilia and the rest of the plain. A decidedly unspringlike climate.