The expected heavy snowfall will not hit North Rhine-Westphalia on Wednesday during the morning rush hour. The German Weather Service (DWD) is now warning of heavy snowfall for the south of the country from 11 a.m. All regions south of Aachen, Cologne, Olpe and Winterberg would be particularly affected. According to the weather service, 15 to 30 centimeters of snow can fall there, even in lower areas, and even up to 40 centimeters in some places. This could have massive consequences for traffic. The warning is initially valid until Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m.
A little further north in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Wuppertal, meteorologists only expect 5 to 15 centimeters of snow. Even further north in the Ruhr area, at most light snowfall can be expected, Münsterland and East Westphalia probably won't notice anything about the storm. Unlike in other federal states, freezing rain is not to be expected in North Rhine-Westphalia.
As in Hesse, the authorities in several districts in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia had already decided in advance that there should be no face-to-face teaching in schools on Wednesday.
#Live #ticker #snow #freezing #rain #driving #bans #trucks #Belgium #Luxembourg #FAZ
