April snow swiftly takes over areas of Romania

It has snowed in some areas of Romania in the last 24 hours, and traffic was hindered on roads in Neamt and Suceava counties in the Northern area of the country. Some local roads have even been closed down on Sunday evening (April 8 ). Drivers in Romania are already required to use summer tires on their cars, so traffic has been canceled on some roads also to prevent accidents due to the lack of winter tires.

The Prahovei Valley, the week-end destination for many tourists from Bucharest also has a small layer of snow, in mountain resorts like Azuga, Buşteni and Sinaia. Meteorologists issued Code Yellow for rain, blizzard and snow in 20 Romanian counties from Sunday (April 8 ), 18,00, until Monday (April 9 ), 15,00. The swift change in weather, after several weeks when temperatures reached as many as 20 degrees Celsius, comes after a beginning of the year with extreme weather. It snowed heavily in Romania and in other countries in the Central and Eastern Europe in February, blocking people in their villages in some areas of the country, which were trapped under thick layers of snow for several weeks . editor@romania-insider.com (photo source: Sxc.hu)