Schools in western Romania remain closed amid heavy snowfall

All the schools in Romania’s Timis county will be closed on Tuesday, December 18, due to snowfall, the Ministry of Education announced. No classes will be held in some schools in Arad (40), Mehedinţi (24) and Valcea (1) as well, the ministry announced, according to Edupedu.ro. The schools were closed on December 17 in more counties because of the bad weather. The national weather forecasting body ANM issued a warning for snowfall, ice and wind over the whole country by Tuesday at noon. Massive snowfall is expected in the southern and western parts of the country, while the weather in Bucharest remains milder. However, the weather forecast issued by ANM for December 17-30 indicates that the temperatures across the whole country will remain below period’s averages for only a couple of days, to further rise so that around Christmas the weather will be warmer compared to the period’s averages. Bad weather hits Romania editor@romania-insider.com (photo source: Pixabay.com)