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'Bomb cyclone' pounds eastern US, four reported dead
Jan 05, 2018 (AFP)
Four people were reported killed in the southeastern states of North and South Carolina, where icy roads sent vehicles skittering. The National Weather Service ...
Is Arctic warming influencing the UK's extreme weather?
Jan 05, 2018 (SPX)
Climate scientists from the UK and the US examined historic data of extreme weather events in the UK over the past decade and compared them with the position of...
Fires and avalanche alerts as Storm Eleanor batters Europe
Jan 04, 2018 (AFP)
With the mountains packed with skiers for the school holidays, major resort Val d'Isere closed its runs for the day because of heavy snowfall, while Chamonix sa...
Old Shanghai neighbourhood shivers in winter
Jan 04, 2018 (AFP)
In Laoximen, not far from Shanghai's swanky riverfront Bund, locals and migrant workers bundle up in thick coats inside houses built decades ago. To save energy...
Storm Eleanor brings chaos to Europe
Jan 04, 2018 (AFP)
Two people died on Spain's northern Basque coast, the couple swept away by a huge wave, officials said, and another person had to be rescued after attempting to...
Extreme cold sparks chaos in Canada airports
Jan 01, 2018 (AFP)
A deep freeze has settled over large parts of Canada and the United States, bringing extreme cold, piles of snow, and icy conditions. From the early hours of Ne...
Snow strands thousands, kills skier in French Alps
Dec 31, 2017 (AFP)
The Savoie department prefecture said 3,500 motorists spent the night in emergency shelters after the snow made the roads impassable. A further 500 holiday-make...
Bitter Arctic chill hits Canada, northern and central US
Dec 28, 2017 (AFP)
In Canada, firefighters saw water at times freeze in their hoses as they battled an overnight blaze south of Montreal, in Quebec province. Environment Canada in...
Christmas storm breaks records in US lakeside city
Dec 27, 2017 (AFP)
Residents took to social media to post stunning photos of the whiteout, with meteorologists attributing the 58 inches of snow that fell over Christmas Day, Mond...
Wintry weather disrupts UK power, flights and roads
Dec 27, 2017 (AFP)
More than 73,000 homes were left without power in central and southern English regions through the morning, due to snow and high winds. Western Power Distributi...
Arctic cold grips Canada, northern United States
Dec 27, 2017 (AFP)
In Canada, extreme cold warnings were issued for scores of communities across the country, including the heavily-populated provinces of Ontario and Quebec. In t...
US jet goes off taxiway after blizzard
Dec 26, 2017 (AFP)
No injuries were reported after the flight from Savannah, Georgia, "went off of a taxiway shortly after landing at approximately 7:15 pm" on Monday, Christmas D...
Human influence has reduced chances of record-breaking cold in China
Dec 26, 2017 (UPI)
The study -- published in the Bulletin of American Meteorological Society -- sought to determine how human influences have affected the likelihood of a strong c...
Three people die in avalanches in Swiss Alps
Dec 25, 2017 (AFP)
The latest incident involved a group of five climbers in the Valais region close to the Hofathorn peak at 2,844 metres (9,330 feet) when a local man was swept a...
Alaskan snow more than doubles due to global warming: study
Dec 19, 2017 (AFP)
Two ice cores drilled into Mount Hunter in the Denali National Park, revealed a 117-percent increase in wintertime snowfall in south-central Alaska since about ...
Heavy snow, high winds wreak havoc across Europe
Dec 11, 2017 (AFP)
It was the second day running of fierce weather across the continent, with Britain still digging out from its deepest snowfall in four years. The snowed-over ru...
Heavy snow causes travel mayhem in northern Europe
Dec 10, 2017 (AFP)
Hundreds of air passengers were stranded in Frankfurt, Germany's financial capital, as well as Britain, and many took to Twitter to complain. Some 330 flights w...
Shape of Lake Ontario generates white-out blizzards, study shows
Nov 17, 2017 (SPX)
Hence the tractor-mounted snow blower. The region's massive snow totals are due to lake-effect snowstorms and, it turns out, to the shape of Lake Ontario. Lake-...
Antarctica: The wind sublimates snowflakes
Sep 26, 2017 (SPX)
By forming a very dry layer of air in the first kilometer or so of atmosphere, the winds turn the falling snowflakes during their fall directly from their solid...
Autumn Eurasian snow variability in response to atmospheric circulation
Jun 21, 2017 (SPX)
Dr. YE Kunhui, who has recently graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, worked with Prof. WU Renguang at Institute of Atmospheric Physics of Chinese...
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