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New scientific device creates electricity from snowfall
Apr 16, 2019 (SPX)
"The device can work in remote areas because it provides its own power and does not need batteries," said senior author Richard Kaner, who holds UCLA's Dr. Myun...
Antarctic snowfall dominated by a few extreme snowstorms
Mar 27, 2019 (SPX)
Published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, the study analysed daily Antarctic snowfall data starting in the 1970s. It reveals how the most extreme 1...
Sprawling storm threatens several US states, thousands evacuated
Mar 14, 2019 (AFP)
There were widespread road closures and more than 1,000 flights canceled at the worst affected airports. The intense storm affected much of the nation's midsect...
Late-winter storm wallops four US states, snarls travel
Mar 14, 2019 (AFP)
Blizzard conditions and flooding closed numerous roadways in the region. Nearly 1,400 flights were canceled at Denver airport, where all runways were shut down....
Two killed in avalanche in Scotland: police
Mar 12, 2019 (AFP)
Police had earlier said three people were killed. "We can sadly confirm that two people have died and two people have been injured," Police Scotland said. Polic...
Canada police rescue man trapped at home for weeks by snow
Mar 09, 2019 (AFP)
Called by worried neighbors upon their return from vacation in Florida, the police in the Canadian capital "found a winter's worth of snow piled high in the dri...
British skier killed in French Alps avalanche
Mar 01, 2019 (AFP)
The man was part of a group being led by two guides on a trail in Le Monetier-les-Bains, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Grenoble, when the avalanche s...
Black snow falls on Siberia blamed on killer coal industry
Feb 26, 2019 (AFP)
Snow laced with coal dust this month coated three towns in the industrial Kemerovo region, more than 3,000 kilometres (1,800 miles) east of Moscow. Residents po...
One dead, one missing after German avalanche
Feb 23, 2019 (AFP)
The avalanche hit on Saturday afternoon at an altitude of 1,300 metres (4,265 feet) on the Schuetzensteig mountain, located a few kilometres (miles) away from t...
One dead after Swiss avalanche, rescue search paused
Feb 20, 2019 (AFP)
Four people had been reported as injured in the avalanche on Tuesday at the Crans-Montana ski station in southern Switzerland. One of the wounded, a 34-year-old...
Skiers feared buried after avalanche at Swiss ski resort
Feb 19, 2019 (AFP)
The authorities held a press conference to announce the injuries, including one person seriously hurt, after local reports said up to a dozen people were engulf...
Eastern Canada digs out from major snow storm
Feb 13, 2019 (AFP)
Big fluffy snowflakes began falling Tuesday afternoon, with more than 30 centimeters (12 inches) accumulated on the ground by the next morning and more on the w...
Record-breaking snowfall cloaks Moscow
Feb 13, 2019 (AFP)
Snow coated trees and power lines from morning, but melted into deep slush on pavements as temperatures rose above freezing in the afternoon. Some seven centime...
Avalanches in Alps kill at least 10
Feb 04, 2019 (AFP)
The heaviest toll was in Italy's northwestern Aosta Valley, with five people killed and one missing from three different avalanches. A search was launched above...
US thaws from Arctic deep freeze as death toll climbs
Feb 01, 2019 (AFP)
The two days of intense cold from the so-called polar vortex that descended on the US Midwest and Northeast will go down in memory for its scenes of winter at i...
AIRS Captures Polar Vortex Moving in Over US
Feb 01, 2019 (JPL)
NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard the Aqua satellite captured the polar vortex as it moved southward from central Canada into the U.S...
Arctic air sends temperatures well below zero in midwest US
Jan 31, 2019 (AFP)
Mail deliveries were suspended and people encouraged to stay home in nearly a dozen US states where the mercury plunged into the negative double digits, the wor...
US Midwest gripped by bitterly cold temperatures but relief ahead
Jan 31, 2019 (AFP)
Tens of millions of Americans shivered for a second day as the mercury dipped to record lows in several states. Ten deaths have been attributed to the sub-zero ...
Dangerous arctic chill sweeps over US Midwest
Jan 29, 2019 (AFP)
Sub-zero temperatures already blanketing parts of Canada were already sweeping across the US Midwest and towards the East Coast. The big chill in the Midwest ca...
Snow wallops US Midwest as it braces for extreme cold
Jan 28, 2019 (AFP)
School districts in Minnesota and Wisconsin canceled classes and government offices, universities and businesses shuttered, with the mercury expected to drop to...
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