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World's highest ski resort a Bolivian memory
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
"Today, it's a cemetery," said Guarachi, pointing to the rusted poles and cables from the old chair lifts. His eyes scan the 400-meter slope he once shot down a...
NASA Snow Campaign Wraps for 2021
Jun 15, 2021 (SPX)
This year, SnowEx teams took snow measurements at six sites across the Western United States, on the ground and with drones and airplanes flying overhead. This ...
Avalanche in western Canada kills two
May 30, 2021 (AFP)
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it had been advised by Parks Canada of an avalanche and confirmed that the remains of two people had been found near the ...
Changing snowfall making Greenland darker and warmer: study
May 17, 2021 (AFP)
A reduction in the amount of fresh, light-colored snow leaves more old and dark snow exposed on the surface -- which in turn causes the ice sheet to absorb more...
Avalanche kills eight Indians near China border
Apr 24, 2021 (AFP)
Six people were in critical condition in hospital after authorities used helicopters to retrieve trapped workers in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand state. The a...
Useing packaged snow as explosion protection
Apr 16, 2021 (SPX)
Because the extreme cold of Alaskan winters often makes standard ordnance disposal procedures inadequate if not impossible, JFWORX was asked to formally evaluat...
Warm Arctic seas caused 'Beast from East' snow: study
Apr 01, 2021 (AFP)
The extreme weather event, which paralysed much of Northern Europe during February and March 2018 cost an estimated 1.17 billion euros a day in Britain alone. N...
Explosive origins of 'secondary' ice and snow
Mar 24, 2021 (SPX)
The study, published by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scien...
For Madrid's trees, record snowfall leaves deep wounds
Mar 18, 2021 (AFP)
It has been over two months since Storm Filomena hit the Spanish capital, blanketing the city in the heaviest snowfall in 50 years. But while delighted resident...
NASA snow campaign digs deep in 2021
Feb 25, 2021 (SPX)
To plan water management and disaster preparedness during the rest of the year, hydrologists and resource managers need to know how much water each winter's sno...
US woman, 90, treks miles in snow to get vaccinated
Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)
Fran Goldman, of Seattle, had been trying frantically to get an appointment for her first shot, working the phones every day in vain, reports said. When she fin...
Deadly winter storm blankets eastern US in snow
Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)
The historic frigid blast has over the past week seen Arctic cold envelope much of the US sun belt unfamiliar with such extremes, leaving dozens of dead in its ...
Millions struggle without power as deadly cold snap grips US
Feb 17, 2021 (AFP)
More than 20 storm-related deaths have been registered so far, including in traffic accidents in Texas, Kentucky and Missouri, according to local media. In hard...
Three dead as heavy snow and gale-force winds hit Greece
Feb 16, 2021 (AFP)
Snow blanketed ancient monuments like the Acropolis and the cold front, dubbed "Medea" after the mythical Greek sorceress of the Argonauts, sent temperatures pl...
Frigid Arctic air, winter storms grip much of US
Feb 16, 2021 (AFP)
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for the southern state, and the National Weather Service (NWS) said more than 150 million Americans wer...
Skating-mad Dutch seize rare chance to hit icy canals
Feb 14, 2021 (AFP)
Some however hit the ice a bit too hard, taking tumbles that landed them in hospital despite an official plea to spare overstretched emergency services. In Amst...
Netherlands in white
Feb 12, 2021 (ESA)
Storm Darcy hit the Netherlands in the evening of Saturday 6 February as it pushed its way through much of northern Europe. Strong winds and bitter cold, which ...
'Snow apocalypse' batters Moscow
Feb 12, 2021 (AFP)
Weather experts predict the record-breaking extreme weather will continue over the weekend with winds reaching speeds of 15-20 metres (50-20 feet) per second an...
Sweden's rooftop snow clearers brave vertigo in white winter
Feb 12, 2021 (AFP)
Teetering on the edge of a black tin roof 10 metres (33 feet) above ground, Andrei Plian and Alex Lupu clear a thick white blanket of snow off a building in Sto...
Moscow braces for record-breaking 'snowpocalypse'
Feb 10, 2021 (AFP)
Top expert of the Fobos weather centre Yevgeny Tishkovets said that the snowstorm would strike Moscow with "very high intensity" from the early hours of Friday ...
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