‘Never before seen’ spring snowfall in the Caribbean islands (Update: This article from the Dominca News Online was an April Fool’s joke. See: UPDATE: It Did Not Snow in Guadeloupe)
– “No, it is not an April Fools Day joke, snowflakes actually fell in the neighbouring French island of Guadeloupe.”
DOMINICA NEWS ONLINE – No, it is not an April Fools Day joke, snowflakes actually fell in the neighbouring French island of Guadeloupe.
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315,000 Lose Power in Midwest, Northeast as Wind & Heavy Snow Hit
Thanks to damaging wind gusts of 50, 60 miles an hour and heavy snow…Two rounds of snow were expected in the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes and Northeast, The Weather Channel reported.
Snow chaos in Germany on April Fools Day
Many drivers had already mounted their summer tires – Snowplow in continuous use.
Surprising heavy snowfall has significantly impeded traffic on the motorways in Hesse and Thuringia, bringing accidents, road closures and kilometer-long traffic jams.
In Alsfeld a truck slid into two stopped trucks, fully blocking the road towards Frankfurt.
In Fulda county firefighters numerous overturned trees of many roads had to move because of the new snow and strong wind gusts.
In Thuringia, the A73 and A71 had to be partially closed because trucks were crosswise on the road or overturned. Also on all of A4 and parts of the A9 there were problems caused by the snow. According to the highway patrol, many cars were skidding because they had already installed summer tires.
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