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Avalanche kills 13-year-old in Austria
Vienna Jan 13, 2026 An avalanche killed a 13-year-old skiing off-piste in the Austrian alpine resort of Bad Gastein on Tuesday, in the country's second avalanche death since Sunday, rescuers said. The Czech child was skiing with another minor when the snow flurry swept him away around noon, according to Andreas Kandler, Bad Gastein's mountain rescue chief. Rescuers were unable to revive him. His death comes after a weekend marked by several avalanches across the Alps following several days of heavy snow. ... read more |
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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 
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 
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
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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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 
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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Rescue efforts enter third day at India avalanche site
Dehradun, India (AFP) Mar 2, 2025 Indian rescuers hurried in sub-zero temperatures Sunday to dig out four missing workers presumed buried by an avalanche in a remote border area, with snowfall increasing the risk of more sliding snow. More than 50 workers were submerged by snow and debris after the avalanche hit a construction camp on Friday near the border with Tibet in the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, according to officials. Relief teams have managed to rescue 50 workers, but among them four later died of their inj ... read more
Japan warns of avalanches, icy roads ahead of more snowTokyo (AFP) Feb 24, 2025 Japan will face more heavy snow after a two-week whiteout, the country's weather agency said Monday, warning people to be wary of avalanches and icy roads. ... 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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