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WENGEN, Switzerland - At many ski resorts across Europe, there’s more mud than snow.
World Cup race courses are flanked by dead, brown grass. Tourists twirl umbrellas in the streets rather than clump around in ski boots.
The telephone hot lines at Europe’s ski resorts have gone cold. Those who bother to call are most often greeted with depressing news of high temperatures and lack of snow.
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“With the current warm climate it’s very clear that things have become completely crazy,” says the Meteo France national weather service recording. “We’re in winter and the temperature in the valleys is the equivalent of the end of March.”
