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Five snowboarders killed in US avalanche

Apr 21, 2013 (AFP)

Five snowboarders were killed Saturday when they were swept away in an avalanche in the Rocky mountains near the western city of Denver, local officials said. I...

Four skiers die in French Alps avalanches

Apr 14, 2013 (AFP)

Four cross-country skiers died in avalanches in the French Alps on the weekend, officials said as they warned of snow melting under springtime sun creating a he...

Snowflakes falling on cameras

Apr 12, 2013 (SPX)

University of Utah researchers developed a high-speed camera system that spent the past two winters photographing snowflakes in 3-D as they fell - and they don'...

Moscow sees record snow on April Fool's Day

Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)

The weather played an April Fool's Day prank on Moscow residents Monday, bringing fresh snow to the Russian capital instead of long-awaited sunshine. The winter...

Is global warming causing harsher winters?

Mar 28, 2013 (AFP)

Millions of people in northern Europe are still battling snow and ice, wondering why they are being punished with bitter cold when -- officially -- spring has a...

Three presumed dead in Norway avalanches

Mar 27, 2013 (AFP)

Norwegian rescuers said on Wednesday they had called off efforts to find three people presumed dead in two avalanches a day earlier in Norway's far north. "Our ...

Sub-zero spring causes chaos across Europe, US

Mar 26, 2013 (AFP)

Freak blizzards and freezing weather over the first few days of spring have hit Europe and parts of the United States, causing fatal cases of hypothermia, power...

Kiev residents ski down streets after record snowfall

Mar 25, 2013 (AFP)

The Ukrainian capital struggled to clear its streets on Monday after a record-breaking snowfall, as some residents took advantage of an official day off to ski ...

Day off work for Kiev employees after heavy snowstorm

Mar 24, 2013 (AFP)

Ukraine has told its public sector workers in Kiev to stay home on Monday as exceptionally heavy snowstorms blanketed the capital and other parts of the country...

Britain suffers more chaos from spring snow

Mar 23, 2013 (AFP)

Heavy unseasonal snow caused fresh disruption in Britain on Saturday, leaving tens of thousands of homes without power, shutting airports and causing an interna...

Poles chase away winter by burning and drowning dolls

Mar 21, 2013 (AFP)

Clutching a gaudy homemade doll in flames, students gathered Thursday on a frosty footbridge in central Poland to toss it into the river -- an ancient rite repe...

Snowed-in Belarus tells citizens to stay home

Mar 16, 2013 (AFP)

Heavy snow brought much of Belarus to a halt on Saturday, leaving travellers stranded for hours on highways and forcing the government to call in the army to he...

Late-winter snowstorm batters northwestern Europe

Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)

A severe late-winter snowstorm battered northwestern Europe on Tuesday, causing widespread travel chaos with the cancellation of hundreds of flights at main air...

Europe transport disrupted as snow turns to ice

Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)

Icy roads disrupted transport as northwestern Europe remained in the grip of unseasonable weather on Wednesday but many services were resuming after a severe la...

Late winter snowstorm shutters US government

Mar 06, 2013 (AFP)

A late winter storm blanketed the eastern United States with snow Wednesday, shutting down the federal government and causing aviation officials to cancel as ma...

Massive winter storm grounds 1,200 US flights

Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)

A massive winter storm pounding the northern United States grounded over 1,200 flights, closed hundreds of schools and made roadways and highways impassible Tue...

Father dies sheltering girl from Japan blizzard

Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)

A father froze to death while sheltering his nine-year-old daughter from severe weekend blizzards that swept northern Japan, two years after her mother died, re...

Six people die as blizzards hit northern Japan

Mar 03, 2013 (AFP)

At least six people died in a spate of snow-related incidents as blizzards swept across the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend, police and ne...

Low snow in winter will prolong drought

Feb 23, 2013 (UPI)

Drought will persist in the U.S. West this summer due in part to a lack of snow this winter, climate, agriculture and water resources experts say. This week's b...

Lake-effect snow sometimes needs mountains

Feb 22, 2013 (SPX)

University of Utah researchers ran computer simulations to show that the snow-producing "lake effect" isn't always enough to cause heavy snowfall, but that moun...