New Zealand – Bitterly-cold winds, freezing temps and up to 1 metre of snow
“This is a significant event which is expected to persist through until Friday morning,” MetService said in a severe weather warning at 9.42am. South Island residents are getting ready for it....
View ArticleThaw causing historic flooding – Video
What melting snow can do. Remember our article First time ever skiing in the Pyrenees in June – ‘It’s just like the middle of January’? Here’s what happens when snow starts melting: Thaw causing...
View ArticleMassive explosion at Mexican volcano – Video
“Mexico’s active Popocatepetl volcano has registered a massive explosion spewing ash and incandescent rock almost 4 kilometers high. Authorities have warned that winds could blow the ash cloud as far...
View ArticleIcy winter storm grips New Zealand South Island
“Cars stranded, some already say “this is worse than 2011″, yet “the worst is yet to come. The forecast was right,” says reader Argiris Diamantis. Snow has closed highways in many parts of the South...
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Arctic Sea Ice – Greatest Extent for mid-June in Years
Satellite data shows that Arctic Sea ice extent is now the greatest for mid-June since at least 2005. This even though “the total estimated ice area is underestimated due to unclassified coastal...
View ArticleMt Baker WA – Up to 25 inches new snow today and tonight – In mid-June!
Totals raised from forecast 2 days ago. Today – Snow showers. High near 32. Southwest wind 10 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 11 to 17 inches possible....
View ArticleOne of the worst Antarctic storms to hit New Zealand in decades
“More snow and howling southerly winds are expected to sweep across much of New Zealand today as one of the worst Antarctic storms to hit the country in decades continues to dish out biting cold...
View ArticleNew Zealand – Ski Patrol Rescues Three Rogue Sheep
The first sheep’s head appeared out of the snow as Treble Cone Ski Patrollers prepared to detonate small explosive charges as part of their snow control work given the significant snowfall. On closer...
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Largest iceberg cluster in five years off Labrador
An iceberg cluster three to four times larger than any recorded in the last five years is drifting south off Labrador through transatlantic shipping routes, says the coast guard. An iceberg cluster...
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Mt Hutt ski area closed – Too much snow
“Looks like manmade global warming is terrifying in New Zealand,” says reader Joshua Cooley. “Wasn’t it supposed to be, later winters, earlier springs, less snow, no snow, higher snow levels, kids...
View ArticleTrue cost of Britain’s wind farms
About $156,000 subsidy for each job created. Wind turbine owners received £1.2billion in the form of a consumer subsidy, paid by a supplement on electricity bills last year, says this article in The...
View ArticleAs Earth COOLS, Obama in Berlin vows U.S. ‘will do more…before it is too...
Warns of ‘more severe storms, more famine & floods, new waves of refugees, coastlines that vanish, oceans that rise’. Obama: ‘Peace with justice means refusing to condemn our children to a harsher,...
View ArticleVast area of Canada ravaged by floods
An area as big as England. As many as 100,000 people could be forced from their homes by heavy flooding which washed out roads, bridges and closed the Trans-Canada Highway. Calgary city officials...
View ArticleUp to 22 inches of snow for Mt Rainier by Tuesday
More snow expected thru the end of June. Sunday Snow. Some thunder is also possible. High near 30. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to...
View ArticleUp to 22 inches of snow for Mt Shasta by Tuesday
More snow expected thru the end of June. Sunday Snow showers. Temperature falling to around 29 by 5pm. Southwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New...
View ArticleUp to 18 inches of snow for Mt Baker by Tuesday
More snow expected thru the end of June. Sunday Snow likely, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Chance...
View ArticleAs a result of heavy snowfall about 2 thousand sheep died in northern Kyrgyzstan
Headline from June 21, 2013. “As a result of heavy snowfall on June 17-18 in northern Kyrgyzstan 1 thousand 866 sheep, 55 cows and 31 horses died in Naryn and Issyk-Kul oblasts. The press service of...
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Obama’s Enormous Climate Lies
“Obama continues to conjure up global warming despite overwhelming evidence that it does not exist.” – Alan Caruba Obama’s Enormous Climate Lies By Alan Caruba Putting aside Obama’s intention to...
View ArticleAbout 6000 livestock and 25 shepherds stuck in heavy snowfall at Narkanda...
Unprecedented and unseasonal snowfall. There is huge concern among the relatives of marooned victims because these shepherds and their livestock may be trouble. They were captured by more than four...
View ArticleAt least 33,000 sheep and cattle stranded in deep snow
“A massive rescue operation is under way in Otago’s high country (New Zealand), where thousands of sheep and cattle are stranded in thick snow cover. “Up to one metre of snow (more than 3 ft) has...
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