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5 dead in snow-hit Algeria; Avalanches claim skiers; US schools closed
Jan 26, 2019 (AFP)
"All the victims have been retrieved over the last 48 hours after being swept away by waters in Annaba, El Tarf, Tizi Ouzou and Tipaza," the civil protection bo...
Major northeastern snowstorms expected to continue with climate change
Jan 25, 2019 (SPX)
The study finds that smaller snowstorms that drop a few inches will diminish greatly in number by late century. But the most damaging types of storms along the ...
Snowboards out as Paris gets first taste of snow
Jan 22, 2019 (AFP)
The Eiffel Tower was closed as both tourists and locals made their way carefully along slushy sidewalks. Visitors to the Sacre-Coeur church in Montmartre watche...
Snow go: Canadian winter festival cancelled because of snow
Jan 20, 2019 (AFP)
It's the first time in about a dozen years that weather has interrupted the "Festival of Snow," a family event which takes place in a Montreal park. The event o...
One killed, two injured in Swiss avalanche
Jan 20, 2019 (AFP)
A group of seven French nationals in a skiing party were on a snow ledge near the Vanil Carre mountain in the Chateau-d'Oex district Saturday when the avalanche...
Winter weather killed 15 displaced children in Syria: UN
Jan 15, 2019 (AFP)
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said eight of them had died as a result of the cold in the Rukban camp in southeastern Syria and seven others during the displac...
Guests escape harm as avalanche hits Austrian hotel
Jan 15, 2019 (AFP)
"It was lucky the avalanche didn't occur four hours earlier when all of the guests were in the dining room," said Heribert Eisl, of the mountain rescue team in ...
Swiss town cut off by heavy snowfall
Jan 14, 2019 (AFP)
Swiss authorities have raised avalanche warnings in several regions to their highest levels. And, just a week before the World Economic Forum's main annual meet...
Two die in French Alps while setting avalanche control charges
Jan 13, 2019 (AFP)
The accident took place at an altitude of 1,800 metres (6,000 feet) as the pair from the Morillon ski resort "were working on an avalanche prevention programme"...
Austria army rescues snowbound German students
Jan 11, 2019 (AFP)
The army said it used two helicopters to transport the group of 66 pupils and teachers from the central ski station of Kasberg in Gruenau. It had been cut off f...
Heavy snow closes Austrian ski stations
Jan 10, 2019 (AFP)
The west and centre of the country have been carpeted in as much as three metres of snow, cutting off some areas. "We can say statistically... that such quantit...
Athens blanketed with unaccustomed snow
Jan 08, 2019 (AFP)
The snowfall prompted authorities to close schools and courthouses, while many public offices and banks provided minimal services. Many employees stayed away fr...
Five dead, two missing in snow-struck Austria
Jan 07, 2019 (AFP)
Two German skiers lost their lives in avalanches in the western region of Vorarlberg on Sunday, and a Slovenian died in the region of Salzburg, rescue services ...
Three dead during cold snap in Greece
Jan 06, 2019 (AFP)
The bodies of two elderly men were found Sunday, two days after their car was swept away by flood waters near Athens, the fire department said. A day earlier, r...
15 years of satellite imagery to study snow cycle across Nevada
Jan 03, 2019 (SPX)
However, due to rising average temperatures, snowpacks in the Great Basin appear to be transitioning from seasonal, with a predictable amount and melt rate, to ...
US winter storms kill seven: media
Dec 29, 2018 (AFP)
Hardest hit were parts of the northern Plains, the upper Midwest, and a southwestern region from Arizona to western Texas. As storm clouds moved east, they were...
Winter storm snarls holiday travel in parts of US
Dec 28, 2018 (AFP)
More than 6,500 flights were delayed and some 800 more were canceled, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware. A mix of rain, snow and strong winds...
Dust threatens Utah's 'greatest snow on earth'
Dec 24, 2018 (SPX)
It's more complicated than warming air temperatures; the sun's energy and longer daylight hours in the spring are the main drivers of snowmelt. Like wearing a b...
Declining snowpack over western US mapped at a finer scale
Dec 17, 2018 (SPX)
The research team mapped the changes in snow mass from 1982 to 2016 onto a grid of squares 2.5-miles on a side over the entire contiguous U.S. A person could pr...
Sierra snowpack could drop significantly by end of century
Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)
What's more, the study found that peak timing, which has historically been April 1, could move up by as much as four weeks, meaning snow will melt earlier, thus...
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