Snowfall paralyzes Berlin
Traffic jams on the highway – S-Bahn paralyzed – Hundreds of accidents. 6 Jan 2016 – All major roads leading into the German capital are stopped or moving very slowly since morning. Because of the...
View Article16 pregnant women rescued in Tehran snowstorms
Nasser Charkhsaz, Director of the Rescue Organization of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, announced that 16 pregnant women who were stuck in snowstorms across the country received rescue and relief...
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Moving to a Village on the Moon?
“The European Union (EU) seems to suffer from delusions of grandeur” – Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser Moving to a Village on the Moon? By Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser 6 Jan 2016 The European Space Organisation...
View ArticleSnowiest December in recorded history at Snoqualmie Pass
Snowfall more than double thus far in 2015-16 winter season than all of last winter. 6 Jan 2016 – December 2015 was the snowiest December on record at Snoqualmie Pass, according to WSDOT. The pass...
View ArticleSunday’s game could be coldest in Seahawk history
“If the current weather forecasts hold true, the Seahawks’ wild-card playoff game Sunday at Minnesota is almost certain to set a record as the coldest in team history, and rank among the coldest in NFL...
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Western snowpack running far above normal
“We are in the midst of the strongest El Niño ever recorded,” says this article on tucsonnewsnow.com. “This generally means a wet winter for the southern tier of the Western states, (but) so far this...
View ArticleRecord number of turtles rescued from frigid waters off NC coast
VIDEO – The cold water stuns the turtles and they’re found almost lifeless on the beach. State biologists say a record number of turtles were rescued earlier this week from the North Carolina coast. In...
View ArticleHeavy snowfall closes Turkish highway for 9 days
Snowfall in excess of three meters (10 feet). 7 Jan 2016 – The Siir-Şırnak highway is opened again after a lapse of 9 days in which it was closed due to heavy snowfall. Highway teams have been working...
View ArticleArmenia snowfall much higher than average
Armenia has not had such a long and intensive snowfall for years. 8 Jan 2016 – According to meteorologists, snowfall from December 31 to January 2 exceeded 45 cm (18 inches), much higher than the...
View ArticleFresh eruption at Fuego volcano
Guatemala’s Fuego volcano belched black ash high into the sky on Sunday 3 January, as an eruption that began seven days before intensified. Guatemala’s volcanic monitor, Insivumeh, said in a statement...
View ArticleRecord snowfall in China – Video
Heavy snowfall lasted more than 40 hours in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In the regional capital Urumqi, about 10,000 street cleaners worked to remove a record 45 cm (18...
View ArticleRussian capital faces heavy snowfall and blizzard
“Orange” threat level declared in Moscow 9 Jan 2016 – Management of Emergency Situations Ministry in Moscow has distributed emergency warning of worsening weather in the capital. According to...
View ArticleRussia – Blizzard blocks Orenburg-Orsk highway – again
Second time since Jan 1 – One person killed. Russia: Blizzard blocks Orenburg-Orsk highway, the second time since the start of the year, reported in regional GU the Ministry of emergency situations....
View ArticleChicago IL – Heavy snowfall, wind and cold – VIDEO
Global warming in Obama’s home town. Posted by Chicago & Midwest Storm Chasers on 10 Jan 2016 Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for this video The post Chicago IL – Heavy snowfall, wind and cold – VIDEO...
View ArticleRecord snowfall in Finland
Most snowfall ever in a single day. The western municipality of Merikarvia shoveled its way into history books on Saturday with a new Finnish record for snowfall in a single day. At 8 am Saturday,...
View ArticleBritain braces for coldest winter in 58 years
Weeks of freezing blizzards in the forecasts. British newspapers forecast brutal winter as Beast from the East hits Scotland....
View ArticleIndonesia – Major Eruption of Soputan Volcano
New series of moderate to strong eruptions. Ash rises almost eight miles into the sky. On January 4, authorities raised the volcanic alert level from 2 to 3 (out of 4) and prohibited all activities...
View ArticleIran – Snow and blizzards in 12 provinces
3,700 people rescued so far 10 Jan 2016 – Snow and blizzards in the provinces of West and East Azarbaijan, Tehran, Isfahan and Chaharmahal, Qazvin, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Lorestan, Mazandaran, Arak and...
View ArticleThe People vs Winter – VIDEO
The following video is all about why going south for winter is a very good idea. Nobody was hurt in the making of this video apart from the people who were hurt. Thanks to Steven Rowlandson for this...
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Freezing air heading to Northern Europe
Polar vortex on the way. Icy nucleus for Europe. In Russia the temperatures will plummet. In Moscow it is already -25 ° C. Germany is snowy, while Lapland dropped to -45 ° C a few days ago. There is...
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