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Snow leaves thousands of holidaymakers stranded in French Alps
Dec 27, 2014 (AFP)
Heavy snowfall in the French Alps left some 15,000 drivers stranded Saturday, prompting officials to open emergency shelters and urge travellers to stay home. T...
Up to 11 dead in Japan snow storms: reports
Dec 19, 2014 (AFP)
Up to 11 people are now reported to have died in a winter snow storm gripping much of Japan, as forecasters on Friday warned bad weather would continue. Norther...
Heavy snow kills 3, disrupts travel in Japan
Dec 18, 2014 (AFP)
At least three people have died in heavy snow that has blanketed swathes of Japan, reports said Thursday, with up to two metres (6ft 7ins) lying in some places ...
Heavy snow kills 5, disrupts travel in Japan
Dec 18, 2014 (AFP)
At least five people have died in heavy snow that has blanketed swathes of Japan, reports said Thursday, with more than two metres (6ft 7ins) lying in some plac...
Heavy snow hits northern Japan
Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)
Northern Japan was in the grip of a blizzard Wednesday as strong winds and heavy snow forced the cancellation of almost 300 flights and buried vehicles in deep ...
Snow woes: Europe ski resorts in anxious wait for white Christmas
Dec 16, 2014 (AFP)
With a little over a week until Christmas the lack of snow at top European ski resorts has caused a flurry of worries ahead of the key holiday season. France, A...
Heavy snow feared to cast chill over Japan election
Dec 13, 2014 (AFP)
Heavy snow hit large swathes of Japan on Saturday, the eve of a general election, fuelling speculation the ruling coalition is on course to an easy victory on l...
100,000 rail passengers stranded by Czech deep freeze
Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)
Around 100,000 passengers were stranded across the Czech Republic when ice encased overhead power lines and brought railway traffic to a halt, the state railway...
Dismantling ski lifts and moving villages: Alps adapt to climate change
Nov 28, 2014 (AFP)
With temperatures rising faster in the Alps than the rest of the world, alpine countries are working together to adapt to climate change and hope to set an exam...
Passengers get out and push frozen Siberian plane
Nov 26, 2014 (AFP)
A group of hardy Siberian oil workers stuck in a frozen plane took matters in their own hands -- getting out to give the stranded jet a push. The extraordinary ...
Flooding fears mount in snowed-in area of New York state
Nov 23, 2014 (AFP)
Record-breaking snowfall that buried towns near Buffalo, New York, and killed at least 14 people posed a major flooding threat Saturday with temperatures foreca...
Satellite View of the U.S. Wrapped in a Frozen Blanket
Nov 20, 2014 (SPX)
As icy cold Canadian air settled over the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. bringing snow and bitter cold, NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured this infrared view o...
Fresh snow hits northeastern US in killer storm
Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)
Fresh snowstorms struck the northeastern US on Thursday, paralyzing communities in a rare mid-autumn blizzard that killed eight people and dumped more than six ...
At least eight dead in 'historic' US snowstorm
Nov 19, 2014 (AFP)
A "historic" storm dumped more than five feet of snow, stranding scores of motorists, canceling flights and killing at least eight people in the northeastern Un...
Four dead in massive snowstorm in New York state
Nov 19, 2014 (AFP)
A massive early season snowstorm pounded the Buffalo city area in western New York state overnight Tuesday, dumping record snowfalls, trapping people in cars an...
Snowstorm blasts eastern Canada
Nov 03, 2014 (AFP)
The first major snowstorm of the season hit easternmost Canada on Monday, knocking out power lines and forcing school closures along the Atlantic seaboard. Near...
Nepal calls off search for survivors of deadly snowstorm
Oct 22, 2014 (AFP)
Nepal on Wednesday called off a search for any more survivors of a Himalayan snowstorm that claimed some 43 lives, after more than a week of scouring the popula...
Himalayan snowstorm, avalanche kill 17 trekkers in Nepal
Oct 15, 2014 (AFP)
A snowstorm and avalanche in Nepal's Himalayas has killed 17 trekkers and guides -- nine foreigners and eight Nepalis -- on a popular hiking route, while more t...
Snow storms hit western Canada (and it's only September)
Sep 10, 2014 (AFP)
Calgary's one million residents are well accustomed to heavy snow and freezing temperatures -- but not in early September. Unseasonable snow storms battered the...
Snow in June raises eyebrows in Estonia
Jun 17, 2014 (AFP)
Living with sub-zero temperatures for several months a year, Estonians are no strangers to a little snow. But residents of the Baltic nation were baffled on Tue...
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