A popular ski resort in central Italy is lying idle this winter, with businesses and residents blaming climate change for spring-like temperatures that have left entire mountains snowless. Ski-lifts are switched off and snow cannon lie abandoned on the grass of Mount Terminillo, which soars 2,217 metres (7,274 feet) high in the Apennines and is normally a favourite destination of skiers from Rome. A view of a small layer of melting artificial snow at a ski slope as Mount Terminillo located in the Central Apennines is facing a challenging ski season amidst the absence of snow and unseasonably high temperatures in Mount Terminillo, Italy February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane This year the shops and bars are nearly all closed, with no one coming to rent equipment or buy a h...
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