Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – ECHO Daily Map | 18/01/2016 Europe – Severe weather FORECAST: Minimum temperatures SITUATION Location 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan Over the last few days, severe weather conditions UK (rains, snow, ice, low temperatures, winds) affected • Heavy snowfall affected Prague -10°C -9°C -7°C several areas of Europe, especially the south-eastern northern UK, causing countries. Scotland traffic disruption in several Budapest -8°C -6°C -6°C areas of Scotland. • In BULGARIA, heavy rain and snowfall caused floods Belgrade -6°C -6°C -3°C and snow damage, including power supply interruptions in hundreds of villages and the closure of Sarajevo -12°C -12°C -7 °C major roads. The municipalities of Smolyan and Rudozem in Smolyan province, as well as Dve Mogili Bucharest -15°C -18°C -15°C in Ruse province and Kameno in Burgas, have declared a State of Disaster (media). The evacuation Sofia -10°C -15°C -11°C of a number of residents took place in the village of Dinevo, Haskovo province, due to their houses being Podgorica -6°C -5°C -2°C inundated. Over the next 48 h, low temperatures may still affect UK Athens -1°C 3 °C 4 °C several areas of central, eastern and southern Europe (see Table), while rainfall / snowfall may affect some areas of southern Italy and Greece on 19-20 January. POLAND Severe Weather Sources: WMO, NMS, Bulgarian CP, Media GERMANY low temperatures, snow, rains PRECIPITATION ACCUM. OVER THE LAST 5 DAYS affected several areas of Europe, especially the south-eastern areas 25 50 100 200 mm CZECH REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA BULGARIA • Snowfall, rainfall and low temperatures affected Bulgaria AUSTRIA • A number of people were SWITZERLAND HUNGARY evacuated FRANCE MeteoAlarm for 18 Jan SLOVENIA ROMANIA (as of 18 Jan, 14.30 UTC) CROATIA Orange Alerts BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA Wind Snow/Ice SERBIA Ruse PRECIPITATION FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS Low Temperatures ITALY MONTENEGRO KOSOVO (*) Burgas Areas most affected BULGARIA 25 50 100 200 mm THE FORMER 68 mm Haskovo Areas particularly affected YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC Smolyan SPAIN OF MACEDONIA 24h acc. rain observed 1 67 mm xx mm over 17-18 Jan (WMO) ALBANIA Storm Surge Calculations TURKEY (JRC, ECMWF, COSMO AM) GREECE <0.5 m 0.5 – 1 m 1 – 2 m 80 mm Colour scheme adopted for the storm surge does not represent a corresponding risk, it is only ITALY GREECE indicative. * Kosovo: This designation is without • Snowfall and low • Snowfall, rains and low prejudice to positions on status, and is in temperatures affected temperatures affected mostly line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ southern Italy. Several Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of northern Greece, causing schools were closed. Independence floods and damage. SOURCE: NOAA .