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May snowfall in Croatia

Photo taken on May 6, 2019 shows snow-covered Biokovo Mountain by the Adriatic coast near Zagvozd, Croatia
© Xinhua/Ivo CagaljPhoto taken on May 6, 2019 shows snow-covered Biokovo Mountain by the Adriatic coast near Zagvozd, Croatia
Did you know that snow is actually falling in Croatia? May can be a spring month as much as it likes, the tiny white bits of frost can still manage to reach the soil from white clouds. Although not very usual, small outbursts of winter weather can still happen in Central Europe during this time of the year. One such situation has happened last week. Just when people began to experiment with short sleeves in Croatia, a drop in temperature led to winter coats being retaken from the closets.

You didn't have to travel in the highlands of Lika to enjoy the frozen layer. If being in Capital, all you had to do is make a short climb to Medvednica Mountain. Our photo reporter Marko Todorov did precisely that, leading to the footage you can view below:


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Ravers get hypothermia at snow-hit French techno festival

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© AFP Photo/PASCAL LACHENAUDParticipants at the Teknival music festival in Feniers, central France, were caught off guard by a spring snowstorm on Saturday, May 4
Around 30 people were treated for hypothermia at an outdoor techno music festival in France after unexpected snowfall left many ravers sheltering under survival blankets distributed by the Red Cross.

Around 10,000 people attended the unauthorized Teknival 2019 festival in the central Creuse region at the weekend, where temperatures dropped to -3 degrees Celsius (27 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight on Saturday to Sunday.

Around 30 people were treated for hypothermia at the scene and two were taken to hospital, local officials told AFP, with the several centimeters (inches) of snow turning the festival camping experience into an endurance test.

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Unseasonable cold temperatures bring snow to northern Greece

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Even though spring is well advanced and summer is supposedly just around the corner, weather stations recorded unseasonably low temperatures and even snow in several parts of Greece on Tuesday morning, especially at high altitudes.

Photographs published by EpirusGate show the Greek village of Syrrako in the Ioannina region covered in a thick layer of snow.


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Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine covered with May snow

Snow falls in Ukraine’s Carpathian mountains
Snow falls in Ukraine’s Carpathian mountains
On May 7, Ukrainian Carpathians are being covered with snow. In particular, snow falls in Ivano-Frankivsk region, as Unian reported.

Forecasters announced storm warning.

Facebook users shared videos of the snowfall.


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North Korea faces food crisis after "worst harvest in a decade" - UN

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© Jacky Chen/ReutersA North Korean woman is shown in a 2015 file photo tending to crops in Sakchu county, North Phyongan Province, North Korea.
Four in ten North Koreans are chronically short of food and further cuts to already minimal rations are expected after the worst harvest in a decade, the United Nations said on Friday.

Official rations are down to 300 grammes - under 11 ounces - per person per day, the lowest ever for this time of year, the U.N. said following a food security assessment it carried out at Pyongyang's request from March 29 to April 12.

It found that 10.1 million people were suffering from severe food insecurity, "meaning they do not have enough food till the next harvest," U.N. World Food Program spokesman Herve Verhoosel said.

Comment: Obviously malicious US sanctions are exacerbating the situation but food shortages due to the increasingly erratic seasons and extreme weather is depleting food stocks across the globe: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?


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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: 5G disrupts weather forecasts - UK record cold - Europe record snow

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5G will disrupt the ability to forecast weather due to the fact that it mimics the signature of water vapour, so forecasters won't know 5G signature from real weather fronts. UK breaks cold temperature record back to 1841, and Europe record snow in five countries first week of May 2019.


Comment: Meteorologists warn 5G frequencies could interfere with water vapor signals, disrupting forecasting


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May snow storm leaves Italian mountain towns blanketed - 26 inches recorded

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An estimated 67 centimeters of snow fell in the mountains of Italy's Veneto region on Sunday, May 5, Nuova Venezia reported.

The late season storm delivered winds and flurries throughout the southern Dolomite region and broke local records for spring snowfall, Italian media said.

Video posted to Instagram and is described as showing heavy flurries and snow-laden trees near Crespano del Grappa.


Comment: It's not only the central and northern parts of Italy currently experiencing heavy and unseasonal snowfall, so too is the far south:





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Record coldest ever May day set in Denmark and snowfall reported around the country

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© Henning BaggeFile photo
It was frosty enough in Copenhagen during the Occupation in World War II, but did you know that the coldest ever May day recorded in the Danish capital was in 1941?

Something was clearly up with the weather that year, which makes Hitler's decision to launch Operation Barbarossa a month later all the more baffling.

You weren't hallucinating

Well, we can now scratch May 1941 from the record books because on Saturday morning a new record low of 0.8 degrees was set in Frederiksberg.

The frosty beginning to the day that many woke up to followed a night that included hail, sleet and even snow - no, you weren't hallucinating!


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May snowfall in Luxembourg

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© RTL Mobile Reporter / Patricia Wennmacher
As predicted, some places did indeed see snow on Friday night/Saturday morning.

We already have our first snow photo, sent to us from Lieler.

Gritting vehicles have already preparing the motorways since early on Saturday morning.

Many people have already changed over their tyres from winter to summer ones, so be careful if you're travelling by car: especially around Oeslinger hills.



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Springtime snow covers Belgium

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It is a chilly bank holiday weekend in Belgium, with unseasonable snow coating part of the country.