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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. The deaths occurred in two separate accidents since Friday. On Monday, an avalanche hit a group of 12 people at the base camp of 5,630-metre (18,471-foot) Yalung Ri peak, in central Nepal near the border with China. Seven people died in that disaster, including three Italians, two Nepalis, a German and a French climber, Phurba ... read more |
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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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Death toll from US winter storms grows to 14Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 The death toll from powerful winter storms in the central and eastern United States has risen to at least 14, officials said Monday, after floods, gale-force winds and bitterly cold temperatures swept the region. ... more 
Iran schools, offices close in cold snapTehran (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Authorities in Iran have announced the closure of educational institutions and government offices across the country because of a cold snap, media reports said Friday. ... more
Warm weather breaks Moscow records; Avalanche kills 4 Norwegian skiers in FranceMoscow (AFP) Jan 29, 2025 January 2025 is on track to be one of the warmest in Moscow on record, meteorologists reported on Wednesday, with two of the past days breaking all-time daily temperature highs. ... more
Rare snow socks New Orleans as Arctic blast chills much of USWashington (AFP) Jan 21, 2025 Bitter Arctic air plunged more than half the United States into a deep freeze Tuesday, including New Orleans, where the heaviest snow in decades brought dangerous conditions to the famously festive Gulf Coast city. ... more 
Thousands of flights cancelled, delayed over US stormSan Francisco (AFP) Jan 11, 2025 More than 3,000 flights were cancelled Friday and thousands more hit by delays due to a storm in the southern United States, airlines and tracking website FlightAware reported. ... more |
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E-Power hits the slopes: new wave of snow sports emerges
Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 9, 2025 Following in the footsteps of electric scooters on land and wakeboards at sea, young entrepreneurs are bringing electric power to snow travel with self-propelled skis and all-terrain skates. Already an experienced surfer and snowboarder, Edouard Aubert took up skateboarding during the pandemic, as he was drawn to the empty roads. "Since I'm an engineer, I quickly put a motor on it," he said with a grin at the CES technology show in Las Vegas. "But we needed more. Roads weren't enough for us, ... read more
Winter storm leaves large US region blanketed in snow, iceWashington (AFP) Jan 7, 2025 A major storm system that blanketed a large swathe of the central and eastern United States in snow and ice - disrupting travel for millions and contributing to at least five deaths - was headed offshore Monday night, forecasters said. ... more |
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Frigid temps hit US behind major winter stormWashington (AFP) Jan 7, 2025 Frigid temperatures across a large US area complicated efforts Tuesday at restoring power and clearing roads after a major winter storm plowed through the central plains to the Atlantic coast. ... more
Massive snow storm slams US; UK and Germany winter storms cancels flightsWashington (AFP) Jan 5, 2025 A powerful winter storm hammered the United States on Sunday, with meteorologists warning millions in the east faced blizzard conditions and some areas would see the heaviest snowfall in a decade. ... more 
Heavy snow in Japan disrupts holiday air trafficTokyo (AFP) Dec 31, 2024 Heavy snow in Japan's northern region cancelled dozens of flights Tuesday as millions of families were returning home to spend the New Year holiday with their loved ones. ... more 
Tens of thousands still without power in Bosnia snowstormSarajevo (AFP) Dec 27, 2024 Tens of thousands of people in Bosnia were still without electricity Friday due to a snowstorm, as rescuers found the body of a weather station employee dead on a mountain. ... more
Skier killed in Swiss avalancheGeneva (AFP) Dec 28, 2024 An avalanche has killed a cross-country skier in southwestern Switzerland, police said Saturday. ... more |
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