Naples has seen its heaviest snow in half a century as a blast of Siberian weather continued to send temperatures plunging across Europe. The snowfall led to the closure of the city's airport and transport in the city was severely disrupted while schools were forced to close.

The city's record snowfall came as at least 12 people died during the blizzard in four European countries and temperatures plummeted well below zero across the continent. An inaccurate forecast in Naples meant that the city's civil emergency department did not initially order the closure of its schools.