Strong westerly-north-westerly winds were recorded, whipping up blizzards across the Odesa oblast in southern Ukraine that morning too.īettina began propagating northwards on Sunday night, with the centre of the low crossing western parts of Russia this morning – bringing snowfall, although relatively less intense.Medical staffs carry on a stretcher a survivor from the Comoros-flagged cargo ship that has sunk off the island of Lesbos, at a hospital on Lesbos Island on November 26, 2023. Tulcea and Brăila in south-east Romania had significant snowfall too with 12-14cm deposited within three hours on Sunday morning. Razgrad in the north-east of Bulgaria recorded snow depths of 36cm by midday on Sunday, 28cm of which had fallen within 12 hours since the previous evening. During this time, much colder air was dragged in from the north, turning rain to snow across the Balkans. The weather system brought unsettled conditions to southern and eastern parts of Europe through the weekend, spreading blustery winds and spells of showery rain across southern parts of Italy and Croatia from Friday night through much of Saturday.īettina then travelled north-east, across the Balkans and into the Black Sea by Sunday morning.

Into the weekend, an area of low pressure deepened across the Adriatic Sea, earning the name Storm Bettina. There were no buildings in the vicinity and again no damage was reported. More impressively, another waterspout that formed near the town of Ravello drifted towards land, eventually crashing into a cliffside. One formed close to Salerno, and moved towards the city’s port at a relatively high speed but dissipated before causing any damage. Those along the Amalfi coast formed amid unsettled conditions associated with developing thunderstorms. Given the warm, humid conditions necessary for them to develop, waterspouts are more commonly seen closer to the tropics, and are fairly rare in Italy at this time of year.

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