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Death toll from heavy hits 30 in Japan, Dozens across the US
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 Unusually heavy snow in Japan has been blamed for 30 deaths in the past two weeks, officials said Tuesday, including a 91-year-old woman found under a three-metre pile outside her home. The central government has deployed troops to help residents in Aomori, the heaviest-hit region where as much as 4.5 metres (15 feet) of snow remains on the ground in remote areas. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held a special cabinet-level meeting on Tuesday morning to instruct ministers to do all they can to pre ... read more |
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Moscow records heaviest snowfall in over 200 yearsMoscow (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 Russia's capital Moscow has this month seen the largest snowfall in more than 200 years, Moscow State University meteorologists said on Thursday. ... more
What to know about America's colossal winter stormWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 A life-threatening freeze is gripping large swaths of the United States after a monster storm caused at least 38 deaths from the Deep South to the Northeast, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and sent air travel into chaos. ... more
US monster storm kills 30New York (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 More than half a million Americans woke up without power Tuesday, as freezing temperatures gripped swathes of the country in a monster storm that has killed at least 30 people. ... more
Historic winter storm pounds US from south to northeastWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 25, 2026 A life-threatening winter storm brought hazardous conditions to a wide swath of the United States on Sunday, from Texas to New England, prompting warnings to stay off roads, along with mass flight cancellations and power outages. ... more |
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Austria avalanche kills 3, bringing toll to 8Vienna (AFP) Jan 17, 2026 An avalanche killed three Czech skiers in central Austria, police said, bringing the total to eight killed in the country's Alps on Saturday. ... more
Avalanches claim three lives in French AlpsLyon (AFP) Jan 10, 2026 Two separate avalanches claimed the lives of three off-piste skiers in the French Alps Satuday, local officials said. ... more 
Snow forces 140 Paris flight cancellationsParis, France (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 Around 100 flights were cancelled at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport on Wednesday morning because of snowfall and fierce cold, and a further 40 at the French capital's Orly airport, France's transport minister said. ... more
Heavy wind, rain, snow batters Europe; Teens held as Dutch police probe 'snowball beating'London (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 Severe winds, snow and freezing temperatures buffeted Europe with the arrival of Storm Goretti on Thursday, prompting forecasters from Britain to Germany to issue weather warnings. ... more
Europe faces transport chaos as cold snap toll risesParis, France (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 Snow, ice and high winds brought transport chaos to swathes of Europe for a third day on Wednesday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and passengers stranded. ... more |
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Six dead in weather accidents as cold snap grips Europe
Paris, France (AFP) Jan 6, 2026 Freezing temperatures plunged swathes of Europe into a second day of travel chaos on Tuesday, with six people dying in weather-related accidents during the continent's bitterest cold snap this winter so far. Since the mercury dropped on Monday, five people have died in France and one woman in Bosnia as heavy snow and rain sparked floods and power outages across the Balkans. Paris's two main airports, Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Orly, were to cancel many flights early Wednesday to allow ground ... read more
Second deadly avalanche hits Spanish Pyrenees; Three killed in avalanches in northern Italy: rescuersMadrid (AFP) Jan 1, 2026 An avalanche near a mountain resort in the Spanish Pyrenees killed a snowshoer, police said Thursday, days after another avalanche in the area killed three skiers. ... more |
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Fierce mountain storms kill nine in Nepal Kathmandu (AFP) Nov 4, 2025 Days of ferocious snowstorms and an avalanche in Nepal's treacherous Himalayan peaks have killed nine people, including five Italian climbers, officials said Tuesday. ... more
Slovenia avalanche death toll rises to three; One dead,100s rescued after heavy snow in ChinaLjubljana (AFP) Oct 6, 2025 Rescuers recovered the bodies of two missing Croatian mountaineers Monday, bringing the death toll from an avalanche in Slovenia's Alps to three. ... more
One hiker dead, hundreds rescued after heavy snowfall in ChinaBeijing (AFP) Oct 6, 2025 One hiker has died and hundreds of others have been rescued after sudden heavy snowfall in China's northwest and western mountain regions over the weekend, state media reported Monday. ... more 
Snow cloaks Atacama, the world's driest desertSantiago (AFP) June 26, 2025 Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its famous lunar landscape blanketed in snow. ... more 
Snow cover of Swiss glaciers below average this year: studyGeneva (AFP) May 12, 2025 The amount of snow covering Swiss glaciers at the end of the winter this year was 13 percent below the 2010-2020 average, said a group of glacier monitoring experts on Monday. ... more |
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