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Dec 12, 2012 (AFP)

Sub-zero temperatures coupled with snowfall have claimed four more lives in Poland, raising to 30 the death toll since December 1, the interior ministry said We...

Fire and Ice: Wildfires Darkening Greenland Snowpack, Increasing Melting

Dec 11, 2012 (SPX)

Satellite observations have revealed the first direct evidence of smoke from Arctic wildfires drifting over the Greenland ice sheet, tarnishing the ice with soo...

Cold wave kills ten in Balkans

Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)

A severe cold wave and heavy snowfall killed 10 people in the Balkans at the weekend and left many municipalities without electricity, officials said on Monday....

Winter weather claims second victim in the Balkans

Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)

Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall in the Balkans, that seriously affected traffic throughout the region, claimed a second victim on Sunday as a man died ...

Climate change affecting ski sector

Dec 07, 2012 (UPI)

The U.S. winter sports industry could face economic thawing if climate change goes unaddressed, a new report states. Already, over the last decade, the $12.2 bi...

Blizzard hits Stockholm, disrupts air and rail traffic

Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)

Heavy snowfall blanketed eastern Sweden on Wednesday, causing power outages, major delays in rail and road traffic and grounding most planes at Stockholm's main...

Snow cover hits record lows

Dec 04, 2012 (ESA)

Santa Claus may someday need wheels for his sleigh - satellites show a decreasing amount of snow in the Northern Hemisphere. A new analysis of snow cover observ...

Russia, Ukraine hit with massive snowfall

Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)

Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday battled through heavy snowfall which created record traffic jams in Moscow and cut power in some 300 Ukrainian towns. Colossal amo...

Russian drivers stuck for days in traffic jam

Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)

Russian officials struggled on Sunday to contain a monster highway traffic jam sparked by heavy snowfall that left many drivers stuck for days. The congestion b...

US Red Cross braces for possible new storm

Nov 03, 2012 (AFP)

The Red Cross relief agency said Saturday it was stepping up efforts to help those struck by Hurricane Sandy, amid fears a new storm could hit the US East Coast...

West Virginia braces for blizzards from Hurricane Sandy

Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)

West Virginia declared a state of emergency Monday in anticipation of as much as two feet (60 centimeters) of heavy snow from the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy. ...

Snow and gales hit Europe, four dead, two missing

Oct 28, 2012 (AFP)

Snow and gales hit France and Switzerland over the weekend, possibly leading to the death of a homeless man in Paris, while searches continued for a missing win...

Cold snap kills three people in Poland

Oct 28, 2012 (AFP)

Freezing temperatures killed three men in their fifties in Poland, police said on Sunday, as several other countries including France and Switzerland were also ...

Nepal avalanche survivors tell of bodies at sunrise

Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)

Climbers who survived an avalanche in the dark on one of the world's deadliest peaks told Tuesday of their horror as breaking dawn revealed the bodies of their ...

Hopes fade for missing climbers after Nepal avalanche

Sep 24, 2012 (AFP)

Rescuers scaled down a search Monday for two French climbers and a Canadian missing in a Nepal avalanche which killed at least nine people attempting to scale o...

'We heard screams... then it hit': Nepal avalanche survivors

Sep 24, 2012 (AFP)

Huddled in their sleeping bags, the climbers first heard the avalanche roar towards them and then the sound of screaming before being swept hundreds of metres d...

Study Ties Forest Greenness in Western U.S. to Snowpack Extent

Sep 13, 2012 (SPX)

Results of a new study tie forest "greenness" in the western United States to fluctuating year-to-year snowpack extent. The results show that mid-elevation moun...

Link found between cold European winters and solar activity

Aug 28, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists have long suspected that the Sun's 11-year cycle influences climate of certain regions on Earth. Yet records of average, seasonal temperatures do not...

Forecast: Big snow in Eastern U.S. cities

Aug 15, 2012 (UPI)

After a 2011-2012 winter that saw little snow, the mid-Atlantic and southern New England states will get a snow dump this winter, forecasters say. Above-normal ...

Two killed, two missing in S.Africa's heavy snow, rain falls

Aug 09, 2012 (AFP)

At least two people died and two went missing Wednesday as heavy snow and rain battered South Africa's southeast leaving swathes of the country without electric...