Cold snap bites Italy

Rome: Acold snap is biting Italy with temperatures falling from recent unseasonable highs to about average for the time of year.

The central Apennines and Sardinia’s highest peaks saw their first dusting of snow Sunday while the white stuff piled up in the Alps.

Most of the country was also swept by icy rain and high winds.

Ferry services in the Bay of Naples were suspended because of heavy seas.