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10 pics of the snow chaos that's hit the Alps

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Whew, what a weekend! It's been raining and snowing like crazy in Tyrol and Carinthia, Austria, and the weather is leaving plenty of wreckage in its wake. Villages are completely snowed in, thousands of households have lost power and the rivers are threatening to flood. Today Austria will get a slight breather, but tomorrow the country is expecting another 20 to 40cm of snow.

#1. Where did my kids go?

#2. Maybe we weren't clear. A LOT of snow has fallen!

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Our colleagues Miranda and Yvonne had to dig out the car in Obergurgl this weekend

#3. Avalanche in the streets of Martell, a village in south Tyrol

#4. The village of Bobojach, in Prägraten, was also hit by an avalanche

#5. Villages across Austria have been completely snowed in

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Gurgl, Sölden, Flattach and Mallnitz, among others, were snowed in this weekend

#6. Firefighters were kept busy this weekend in south Tyrol

#7. We've lost count of how many trees have fallen

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Fallen trees in the Ötztal

#8. A number of towns in East Tyrol, South Tyrol and Carinthia have lost power

#9. Broken power lines are a major hazard

Feuerwehren in Südtirol

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Posted by Feuerwehren in Südtirol17 november 2020

#10. Beleagured ski areas welcomed the respite today

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Innervillgraten gets a short break but is expecting more snow on the way tomorrow

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Born and raised in the ski paradise of Vancouver, Canada, I learned to ski before I can remember, balancing precariously on my parents’ skis as they sailed down the hill. I started snowboarding in my teens and am now delighted to be exploring everything Europe’s ski scene has to offer!