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Snow cloaks Atacama, the world's driest desert
Santiago (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. "INCREDIBLE! The Atacama Desert, the world's most arid, is COVERED IN SNOW," the ALMA observatory, situated 2,900 meters (9,500 feet) above sea level, wrote on X, alongside a video of vast expanses covered in a dusting of white. The observatory added that while snow is common on the nearby Chajnanator Plateau, situated at over 5,000 me ... read more |
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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 
Himalayan snow at 23-year low, threatening 2 billion people: reportIslamabad (AFP) April 21, 2025 Snowfall in Asia's Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report on Monday. ... more 
Two people found after surviving Swedish avalancheStockholm (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 Two people were found Thursday after surviving an avalanche in Sweden's far north that was also believed to have swept away a helicopter on the ground, police said. ... more 
Eight dead in India avalanche as rescue operation endsDehradun, India (AFP) Mar 2, 2025 Rescuers recovered the eighth and final body from the site of an avalanche in a remote area of northern India, the army said Sunday, marking the end of a marathon operation in sub-zero temperatures. ... more |
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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 
E-Power hits the slopes: new wave of snow sports emergesLas 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. ... 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 
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 |
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Massive snow storm slams US; UK and Germany winter storms cancels flights
Washington (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 than 60 million people are in the path of the dangerous storm, set to plunge the eastern half of the United States into a deep freeze of Arctic air through Monday resulting in severe travel disruptions. The National Weather Service (NWS) warned of ice, snow and gale-force winds in states from the ... read 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 |
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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 
White Christmas dreams dashed as Europe's winters heat upParis (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 A white Christmas may increasingly become a nostalgic memory as the Northern Hemisphere sees ever fewer snowy winter days due to climate change, with Europe warming quickest, a report warned on Tuesday. ... more
Avalanche buries three taking Swiss Alps avalanche courseGeneva (AFP) Dec 7, 2024 A giant snow slab broke away and barrelled down a mountainside, briefly burying three people out of dozens participating in an avalanche course in the Swiss Alps Saturday, rescue services said. ... more
South Korea officials say three dead in heavy snowfallSeoul (AFP) Nov 28, 2024 Heavy snowfall blanketed South Korea for a second consecutive day Thursday, resulting in three deaths overall and disrupting flights and ferry services, authorities said. ... more |
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