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VIDEO: Snow in September? Winter comes early to northern Italy

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VIDEO: Snow in September? Winter comes early to northern Italy
This is how the Dolomites usually look in October. Photo: Mark Ralston/AFP

Italy has already had its first snow of the year, with parts of the Alps turned unusually white in the first week of September.

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The first flakes began falling on Friday and continued throughout the weekend, leaving the highest slopes covered in several centimetres of snow.

As much as 27 centimetres was measured near Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites, according to regional authorities.

Get a drone's eye view over the snow-covered Pordoi Pass:

Video by Stefano De Nicolo/Local Team, via Repubblica

For now the snow has been confined to altitudes around 2,000 metres or higher, while lower areas in the north have experienced a sharp drop in temperatures in the past week, accompanied by heavy rainfall, strong wind and hail storms.

Some roads have been blocked by mudslides, while drivers in mountainous areas are advised to carry snow chains.

But meteorologists predict that the sun will return this week, with temperatures in the high 20s forecast across the north of Italy by Thursday.

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