WHITE OUT - AFRICA DAILY

Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)

Yet another big storm hit the snow-weary eastern and central United States overnight Monday, piling more white stuff on people enduring a merciless winter. As m...

Snow, ice, cold: Winter piles on in eastern US

Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)

Heavy snowfall and glacial temperatures shut down much of the central and eastern United States Tuesday -- including the US government -- in a new bout of bad w...

More cold, snow on the way in merciless US winter

Feb 16, 2015 (AFP)

The eastern United States braced for an arctic onslaught Monday, as forecasters predicted another blast of snow and cold in what already has been a merciless wi...

Boston breaks monthly snowfall record after latest storm

Feb 15, 2015 (AFP)

Boston braced for another pummeling of wintry weather Sunday, as officials declared February the snowiest month in the city's history. The National Weather Serv...

How to forecast extreme snowfall in Spain

Feb 10, 2015 (SPX)

As of Wednesday the entire Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands are in the midst of the first significant cold snap for three winters. However, intense sn...

Record snowfall hits Boston, cancels flights

Feb 09, 2015 (AFP)

A third winter storm in two weeks paralyzed parts of the northeastern United States on Monday, cancelling hundreds of flights and shutting down schools and publ...

Heavy snow blocks highways and pilgrims in north Spain

Feb 05, 2015 (AFP)

Heavy snowfall in northern Spain has blocked roads and rail services as well as pilgrims attempting to reach the city of Santiago de Compostela. A fresh wave of...

Record snowfalls bury Boston and Northern Japan

Feb 03, 2015 (AFP)

Another ferocious winter storm buffeted the US northeast Monday, blanketing Boston in record snowfall, forcing the postponement of a victory parade for Super Bo...

Four killed in Swiss Alps avalanche

Jan 31, 2015 (AFP)

Four skiers were killed and three seriously injured Saturday in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, where dangerous snow conditions have caused a series of deadly a...

Blizzard spares New York, New England buried in snow

Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)

A blizzard initially billed as possibly one of the worst ever in New York left only moderate snow in the Big Apple -- and officials and forecasters red-faced --...

'Historic' blizzard strikes US northeast

Jan 26, 2015 (AFP)

A winter storm pounded the northeastern United States on Monday hitting tens of millions of people and forcing the rare cancelation of Broadway shows in an "his...

Winter storm death toll hits 11 in Syria: monitor

Jan 12, 2015 (AFP)

Five more people have died of freezing temperatures in Syria, bringing to 11 the country's death toll in a week-long storm battering the region, a monitoring gr...

Survey finds regional patterns of soot and dirt across snow packs

Jan 11, 2015 (SPX)

Snow is not as white as it looks. Mixed in with the reflective flakes are tiny, dark particles of pollution. University of Washington scientists recently publis...

Canada, United States in deep Arctic freeze

Jan 08, 2015 (AFP)

An Arctic blast sweeping Canada and parts of the United States this week closed schools, grounded jets, killed at least four people, and even shook the ground. ...

Satellite shows the snow-covered US deep freeze

Jan 08, 2015 (SPX)

NOAA's GOES-East satellite provided a look at the frigid eastern two-thirds of the U.S. on Jan. 7, 2015, that shows a blanket of northern snow, lake-effect snow...

2 dead in Lebanon as snowstorm batters Mideast

Jan 07, 2015 (AFP)

A Syrian man and a young boy died in Lebanon as a rare snowstorm Wednesday battered parts of the Middle East, adding to the misery of war refugees from Syria. T...

Travel chaos as heavy snow hits Turkey

Jan 06, 2015 (AFP)

Heavy snowfall descended on large parts of Turkey on Tuesday, snarling road and air traffic and leading to closures of schools, reports said. In the northern pr...

Extreme cold grips Canada, parts of US

Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)

Extreme cold gripped Canada and northern parts of the United States on Monday, prompting calls for residents to stay indoors amid increased risks of frostbite a...

Elk herd dies after falling through ice in Colorado

Jan 01, 2015 (UPI)

An entire herd of elk -- 19 animals total -- was found dead this week in Colorado; they drowned after falling through the ice and into the frigid water of a loc...

Snow brings chaos to Europe, but skiers rejoice

Dec 29, 2014 (AFP)

Heavy snowfall brought both chaos and joy across Europe overnight Sunday, with some 15,000 people stranded overnight in the French Alps while skiers revelled in...