Most of Teramo was without power on Tuesday and many schools in the city, as well as in other Abruzzo cities including Chieti, Sulmona and Pescara, were closed.
The Abruzzo region has commenced procedures to ask for a state of emergency to be declared, with blizzards scheduled until at least Wednesday.
Other Italian regions struck by devastating earthquakes last year were also badly affected by the extraordinary wave of bad weather that has caused disruption across the country.
Local authorities in the Le Marche and Umbria regions rocked by earthquakes last October were concerned that damaged buildings could fall under the weight of the snow.
A number of areas in these regions were also without power.
Strong gale winds have also swept northern Italy, including the north-eastern city of Trieste, where the wind reached 141 km/h, and Genoa, where 300 people were temporarily forced to flee their homes early on Tuesday due to a fire on the hills around the port city.
Three schools were also closed in the nearby Val Varenna due to the fire.
With ANSA
