Serbia – 1,000 evacuated from cars, buses and trains – Snow drifts 3.5 meters...
Several hundred people still remain stuck Although about 1,000 people have already been rescued from cars and buses stranded in deep snow in northern Serbia, several hundred people still remain stuck,...
View ArticleHuge eruptions at Mt Sinabung kills 14
Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung, which has been rumbling for months, spewed hot rocks and scorching ash up to 2,000m (16,000ft) into the air, and sent scorching hot lava and pyroclastic flows up to 4.5 km...
View ArticleRomania – Buzau County closed by severe blizzard – 2 meters of snow in some...
More than 100 roads closed “Severe winter crushed media’s little “global warming party”, says reader Alex Tanase. “After the warmest December in 50 years, winter came back in Romania big time. We have...
View ArticleVideos – Chaos in Atlanta
“Seeing the chaos in the Atlanta area and that’s insane,” says reader Terry Homeniuk. “People being stuck in traffic for 16 or 18 hours! Wow. Here’s some sites with video and stills of the ice storm.”...
View ArticleVideo – Breaking the ice in the Hudson River
Otherwise, millions of Americans could lose their heating oil supplies. The Hudson River is even more frozen than usual this time of year because of recent frigid temperatures. The ice is up to a foot...
View ArticleThree winter storms set to pound much of the United States this week
Tens of millions of people to be affected - 1,500 cancelled flights so far – School closings already reported across Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia....
View ArticlePoland – Heavy snowfall and blizzards have become powerful in recent days
“In most regions of the country, heavy snowfalls and blizzards have caused serious traffic problems, including in the province of Lublin,” says reader Argiris Diamantis “According to the Provincial...
View ArticleVideo – Southern Austria on highest avalanche alert after heavy snow
Heaviest snow in 15 years – At least two people killed. Southern Austria on highest avalanche alert after heavy snow With more snow in the forecast, more than 1,000 soldiers have been put on standby...
View ArticlePowerful eruption at Tungurahua, Ecuador
Huge pyroclastic flows in all directions and an ash cloud close to 50 thousand feet! It all began yesterday afternoon with a series of powerful explosions that produced an ash column exceeding 40,000...
View ArticleUp to 14 inches (35 cm) of snow for New York
New Winter Storm to Impact the Central U.S. – both the Plains and the Midwest – on Tuesday, the Northeast on Wednesday. Heaviest snow is forecast from central Kansas through central Missouri and...
View ArticleVideo – Second winter storm to dump up to a foot of snow – or more – on the...
The second in a line of nasty storms is forecast to sweep across a 2,000-mile stretch of the United States, from Colorado to New England, cutting power and snarling traffic for as many as 100 million...
View ArticleIndonesia – 19 more volcanoes placed on alert level
In the wake of the Mount Sinabung eruption in North Sumatra that killed 16 people on Saturday, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has raised the status on another 19 volcanoes in the...
View ArticleSlovenia paralyzed by snow and ice – More snow forecast
Three days of blizzards inflicted “the worst devastation in living memory” in the small Alpine country, local media said. Downed trees and electric poles cut power to 50,000 homes. Ice six inches thick...
View ArticleIran – Snow cuts power to nearly half-a-million homes
Two meters (almost 7 ft) of snow since Friday – Roads impassable – Towns and villages cut off 3 Feb 14 – The heaviest snowfall in five decades has left around 480,000 homes without power and some towns...
View ArticleRecord snowfall in New York City
2nd snowstorm this week slams nation’s Midsection, Northeast – Third, perhaps bigger storm, on the way Fresh on the heels of record snowfall in New York and across the region, a second winter storm was...
View Article4406 record cold temps in January
1073 Snowfall records - Updated on January 31, 2014 4406 Record Cold Temps 1259 Record Warm temps 1073 Snowfall records...
View ArticleSnow and cold force cancellation of more than 40,000 flights so far this winter
“Severe winter ‘may challenge US airports’ finances,’” says StockMarketWire.com. Flight cancellations due to severe winter weather could result in financial risk to US airports to varying degrees,...
View ArticleVideo – Ice storm in Slovenia destroying their trees
Look at what has happened to the leaf-bearing (deciduous) trees! Devastation! I saw one article out of Slovenia saying that more than half of their forests have been “affected”. “Affected?” Destroyed...
View ArticleFrozen Kingdom – Incredible photos out of Slovenia
The European country has been paralyzed by severe ice storms. A quarter of Slovenians have been left without electricity, as parts of Europe battle some of the worst winter blizzards in decades, the...
View ArticleSnow and ice knock out power to at least 850,000 Americans
Nearly one in four Americans were under storm warnings and hundreds of thousands were without power Wednesday morning. More than 700,000 people remained without power in eastern and central...
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