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Frigid temps hit US behind major winter storm
Jan 07, 2025 (AFP)
The storm, which contributed to at least five traffic deaths, blanketed cities from Wichita to the US capital Washington in snow and ice, prompting mass travel ...
Winter storm leaves large US region blanketed in snow, ice
Jan 07, 2025 (AFP)
Over 2,300 US flights were canceled on Monday with thousands more delayed amid the winter storm, tracking website FlightAware showed, compounding similar air tr...
Massive snow storm slams US; UK and Germany winter storms cancels flights
Jan 05, 2025 (AFP)
More than 60 million people are in the path of the dangerous storm, set to plunge the eastern half of the United States into a deep freeze of Arctic air through...
Heavy snow in Japan disrupts holiday air traffic
Dec 31, 2024 (AFP)
Japan Airlines said it scrapped 42 flights, affecting 6,398 passengers, by early afternoon, all of them services to and from the northernmost island of Hokkaido...
Skier killed in Swiss avalanche
Dec 28, 2024 (AFP)
The avalanche occurred at around 1:30 pm (1230 GMT) on Friday as two skiers made their way along the Cheilon glacier near Arolla, the Wallis regional police sai...
Tens of thousands still without power in Bosnia snowstorm
Dec 27, 2024 (AFP)
The storm, which started on Sunday night, initally left more than 170,000 people without electricity and cut off parts of the Balkan nation. Although the weathe...
Snowstorm cuts power to tens of thousands in Bosnia
Dec 24, 2024 (AFP)
"Despite efforts and continuous work to repair the faults, the electricity supply situation worsened. Currently, 127,000 metering points are without power," dis...
Snowstorm leaves tens of thousands of homes in Bosnia without power
Dec 23, 2024 (AFP)
"At the moment, around 60,000 customers are without electricity," Elektroprivreda BiH, one of the three distributors in the country, said in a statement. Some 1...
White Christmas dreams dashed as Europe's winters heat up
Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)
Driven primarily by humanity's mass burning of fossil fuels, that decline in days below freezing threatens tourism, the economy and cultures, according to Clima...
Avalanche buries three taking Swiss Alps avalanche course
Dec 07, 2024 (AFP)
"Practice became serious," the Swiss rescue services Rega said in a statement after the avalanche hit members of a group of 40 people learning how to minimise a...
South Korea officials say three dead in heavy snowfall
Nov 28, 2024 (AFP)
The snow caused three fatalities in Gyeonggi province around the capital Seoul, officials said, including one person killed when a tent-style garage collapsed d...
As Arctic warms, Santa runs short of snow; as SKorean capital gets record Nov snowfall
Nov 27, 2024 (AFP)
By this time of year, the town of Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland -- marketed by tourism officials since the 1980s as the "real" home of Santa Claus -- should be w...
Snow, winds cause traffic chaos and power outages in Balkan countries
Nov 22, 2024 (AFP)
Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia were hit by strong blizzards that slowed down travelling and cancelled flights ahead of the weekend. More than 10,000 households were...
Finland snowstorm leaves tens of thousands without power
Nov 21, 2024 (AFP)
Storm Jari arrived in Finland on Wednesday, with winds on Thursday measuring up to 25 metres (82 feet) per second, as well as heavy snow and rainfall across the...
Snow returns to Mount Fuji
Nov 09, 2024 (SPX)
On 7 November, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission documented this significant event, capturing a clear image of Mount Fuji's iconic snowcap. This observation cam...
China aims to boost winter sports industry with 1.5 trillion yuan goal by 2030
Nov 08, 2024 (SPX)
Building on its 2015 commitment to engage 300 million citizens in winter sports - achieved with 346 million participants by 2021 - China now focuses on addressi...
Snow seen on Mount Fuji after record absence
Nov 06, 2024 (AFP)
The volcano's famous snowcap begins forming on October 2 on average, and last year snow was first observed by government meteorologists on October 5. Japan's we...
Snow forecast next week on Mt Fuji, at last
Oct 31, 2024 (AFP)
Snow on average begins forming on Japan's highest mountain on October 2 and the latest it had been detected before this year was in 1955 and 2016, when it fell ...
SNOWWI completes successful airborne tests for NASA snow measuring program
Oct 30, 2024 (SPX)
"Cities most people wouldn't expect rely on this runoff," said Chris Derksen, a glaciologist and Research Scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. ...
Still no snow on Japan's Mount Fuji, breaking record
Oct 28, 2024 (AFP)
The volcano's snowcap begins forming on October 2 on average, and last year snow was first detected there on October 5. But because of warm weather, this year n...
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