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US capital begins digging out after 'Snowmageddon' Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 
Residents of the US east coast began digging out from under a thick blanket of snow Sunday after a record-breaking blizzard paralyzed Washington and the region, snapping power to 350,000 residents and killing two people.
The monster storm stretched more than 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) from eastern Indiana across into New Jersey and then down as far south as North Carolina, affecting tens o ... read moreUS capital hunkers down for huge winter storm 
Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2010The US capital was Thursday preparing to hunker down for its second major storm of the winter, with forecasters warning that up to two feet of snow could blanket the city and suburbs. The National Weather Service issued a "winter storm warning for heavy snow with near-blizzard conditions," and said there could be between 16 to 24 inches (40 to 60 centimeters) of heavy snow. The warning f ... more
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EU ministers call for common electric car strategy
US warns China against 'stillborn' climate deal Eastern US braces for more snow misery Snowbound US government freezes up on hot issues Homes evacuated as Los Angeles braces for storm Eastern US braces for fresh snow blitz Swift help urged for Haiti's crucial weather forecasters Amnesty demands halt to Vedanta's India mine plans Two dead as storms, floods hit Turkey's south: report China says it has 6,000 captive tigers 
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US winter to last six more weeks: groundhog
New York (AFP) Feb 2, 2010Punxsutawney Phil, the celebrated rodent at the center of America's quirky Groundhog Day festivities, saw his shadow Tuesday, presaging six more weeks of winter. For the annual February 2 ritual, the weather-forecasting groundhog was pulled from his burrow, as crowds of jubilant onlookers in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania watched to see if his shadow can be discerned. Town offici ... more Cold snap to cost Germany billions: institute 
Berlin (AFP) Jan 31, 2010An icy cold snap that has caused transport chaos throughout Germany will also take a significant toll on the economy, Europe's largest, a top economic institute warned on Sunday. "The economy will lose around two billion euros (three billion dollars) because of the harsh winter," the chief economist of the DIHK institute, Volker Treier, told the Tagesspiegel am Sonntag weekly. "This is m ... more Cold snap kills 20 in China's Xinjiang: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 27, 2010Twenty people have died in China's western Xinjiang region from the worst snowstorms in six decades, the state-run Xinhua news agency said Wednesday, amid warnings of more freezing weather to come. The blizzards and bitter cold that have pummelled the region near Central Asia since the beginning of the year have also left 1,304 people injured, the report said. China has endured an unusua ... more Avalanche kills 14 in China's icy Xinjiang: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 27, 2010An avalanche in western China's snowbound Xinjiang region killed 14 people, state media reported on Wednesday, bringing the reported death toll from a fierce cold snap to at least 27. The avalanche occurred Tuesday in Yili prefecture, an area along the border with Kazakhstan that is populated by large numbers of ethnic Kazakhs, China Radio International said. It gave no other details. ... more |
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Snowstorms wreak havoc in Bulgaria
Sofia (AFP) Jan 19, 2010 Snowstorms wreaked havoc in northeastern Bulgaria Tuesday, prompting authorities to call a state of emergency in at least six small municipalities, the civil defence service said. All roads in the area around Dobrich were closed by snowdrifts, road maintenance officials said. The Black Sea port of Varna and the airports in Varna and Burgas, further south, were also shut. Schools were ... more More cold to compound misery in China's Xinjiang 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 18, 2010Heavy snows in China's northwestern Xinjiang region have killed four people and left 100,000 homes collapsed or damaged, with still more icy weather on the way, state media said Monday. Temperatures over the next few days could fall to as low as minus 42 degrees Celsius (minus 43 Fahrenheit) in parts of Xinjiang, with blizzards forecast, the China Daily newspaper reported. A harsh cold ... more No skiing at Scottish resort -- too much snow 
London (AFP) Jan 15, 2010Skiers found the slopes at a Scottish resort closed on Friday, not because the snow was sparse, but rather there was too much of it, the resort's managers said. Cairngorm Mountain in northeast Scotland more often deals with a lack of snow but this year it is grappling with a different problem -- 185 centimetres (73 inches) of snow since Christmas in the worst bout of winter weather since the ... more India's poor scramble for protection from winter chill 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 15, 2010Barefoot and carrying a thin pillow and two soiled rugs, Kunj Bihari ushers his wife and three children inside a night shelter where New Delhi's homeless seek protection from the winter weather. But authorities refuse to let them stay, saying there is no room inside the makeshift plastic tents hastily erected by the government near a crematorium. "This happens every night. We have to sea ... more |
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