Sardinia, snow also in the South and at low altitudes: queues at the entrance to Nuoro, roads and schools closed in various areas

The first snowflakes fell yesterday afternoon, but this morning several towns in the Nuorese and Ogliastra areas woke up white. Even at low altitudes.

From Fonni to Tonara and Desulo, from Villagrande to Perdasdefogu, from Gavoi and Ollolai up to Nuoro city. White flakes also in other towns of the Barbagia di Seulo, in Esterzili there is a real snowstorm that is causing inconvenience to traffic on the country roads and on the provincial road 114.

"The roads are not very accessible and the mayor has decided to close the schools for today as a precaution", explains the deputy mayor of Esterzili Matteo Boi. "Now we are waiting for the snow plows, because we don't have any in the village and the roads must be cleared" Schools also closed in Lanusei.

Peak temperatures also in Cagliari, where this morning touches 5 degrees. Icy roads and first discomforts at dawn, with the accident on the 389 state road and on the provincial road leading to the entrance to Macomer. Severe slowdowns are reported on the link road that leads from the 131 DC to the entrance of Nuoro.

Statale 295 “Di Aritzo”, in Tonara, between km 0 and 15, is also provisionally closed in both directions due to a tree falling on the carriageway.

On site there are the Anas teams involved in the management of the roads and in the cleaning and restoration of the road surface.

The salt spreaders of Anas and the Province are intervening to make the asphalt less slippery.

THE MAYOR OF ESCOLCA - But the salt spreaders are not working in time in all of Sardinia, the mayor of Escolca Eugenio Lai urged their intervention on the provincial roads of Southern Sardinia: "I think they will intervene as soon as possible, Anas has not arrived", he said Lai, who is also the regional councilor of Leu and this morning traveled the State Road 198 entirely covered by snow.

"Is it possible that in the face of the meteorological predictability announced yesterday, no salt spreading vehicle was seen and no prevention was activated? - he asks himself - Not to mention the snow plows".

(Unioneonline / L)