Frost affected Moroccan banana producers badly
March 11, 2012
Filed under Africa, Morocco
Tags: Africa, Association of Banana Producers of Morocco, Bananas, brrr, climate, climate change, cold, cold 2012, cold winter, Doukkala, freeze, freezing, freezing North Africa, freezing winter, frost, Gharb, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, ice, icy, Morocco, North Africa, temperature, temperatures, unusual cold, unusually cold, weather, winter
Frost affected Moroccan banana producers badly
http://www.freshplaza.com
9 March 2012
According to the Association of Banana Producers of Morocco (APROBA), frost has severely affected the banana cultivation in the regions Gharb and Doukkala causing damage that was estimated at more than 85% for mature plantations in production and direct financial losses of around 210,000 Durham per hectare. Young plantations were also hit by more than 60%, which will compromise the performance of the next campaign.
Cold weather kills 11 in northern Tunisia
February 27, 2012
Filed under Africa, Tunisia
Tags: Africa, brrr, climate, climate change, cold, cold 2012, cold deaths, cold record, cold weather spell, cold winter, freeze, freeze 2012, freezing, freezing winter, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, ice, icy, Northern Africa, record cold, snow, snowfall, temperature, temperatures, Tunis, Tunisia, unusual cold, unusual snow, unusual snowfall, unusually cold, weather, winter
Cold weather kills 11 in northern Tunisia
http://www.worlddailynews.org
27 February 2012
TUNIS, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) — The cold weather spell which hit many parts of Tunisia has killed at least 11 people in the northern town of Ain Draham, near Algeria’s border, Radio Mosaique FM reported Saturday.
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The last cold weather spell to have hit northern and northwestern Tunisia dated back to the 1960s.
Rare Snows in North Africa
February 4, 2012
Filed under Africa, Algeria
Tags: Africa, Algeria, Algeria snow, Algiers, brrr, climate, climate change, cold, cold winter 2012, freeze, freezing, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, North Africa snow, rare snow, rare snowfall, rare snowfalls, snow, snowfall, temperature, temperatures, unusual snow, unusual snowfall, weather, winter
Rare Snows in North Africa
http://www.accuweather.com
February 4, 2012
A rare accumulating snowfall is in progress in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria.
Cold air associated with a storm system currently moving into the region from the north is providing for some decent accumulations of snow in the north African country.
According to Accuweather Meteorologist Eric Wanenchak, most reports say the last time Algiers saw this kind of accumulation was at least seven years ago in 2005.
South Africa – Frost will see vegetable prices rocket- so much for global warming
July 15, 2010
Filed under Africa, South Africa
Tags: Africa, brrr, climate change, cold, cold record, crop damage, freeze, freezing, frost, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, record cold, severe cold, South Africa, temperature, temperatures, unusual cold, unusually cold, unusually cold weather, winter
South Africa – Frost will see vegetable prices rocket- so much for global warming
http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk
15 Jul 2010
The severe cold and frost that hit Limpopo could prove very costly to vegetable farmers in those areas.
Unusually cold weather strikes World Cup
June 19, 2010
Filed under Africa, South Africa
Tags: 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010 World Cup, Africa, brrr, climate, climate change, cold, FIFA World Cup, freeze, freezing, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, record cold, soccer, Soccer World Cup, South Africa, South Africa’s World Cup, South African World Cup, temperature, temperatures, unusual cold, unusual cold snap, unusually cold, weather, winter, World Cup, World Cup Soccer
Unusually cold weather strikes World Cup
http://english.ruvr.ru
Jun 17, 2010
Unusually cold weather continues to ride roughshod over South Africa’s World Cup, with Friday’s game between Germany and Serbia also due to be held amid bad weather conditions, media reports say.
South Africa: Winter strikes with a vengeance, some towns recording their first snow falls in almost 20 years
June 16, 2010
Filed under Africa, South Africa
Tags: Africa, black frost, brrr, Cape Town, climate, climate change, Eastern Cape, freeze, freezing, freezing temperatures, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, heavy snowfalls, record snow, record snowfall, snow, snowfall, South Africa, Southern Cape, Table Mountain, temperature, temperatures, unusual snow, unusual snowfall, weather, Western Cape, wind-chill, winter
Winter strikes with a vengeance
http://www.news24.com
2010-06-15
Cape Town – Winter has struck with a vengeance in the Western Cape with some towns recording their first snow falls in almost 20 years.
Four Gorillas die from extreme cold weather conditions
May 22, 2010
Filed under Africa, Rwanda
Tags: Africa, bitterly cold weather, brrr, climate, climate change, cold, dead mountain gorillas, extreme cold, freeze, freezing, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, gorillas, Rwanda, Rwanda Development Board, temperature, temperatures, unusual cold, unusually cold, weather
Four Gorillas die from extreme weather conditions
http://www.newtimes.co.rw
22nd of May, 2010
One mother gorilla and three infants are reported to have died because of extreme weather conditions, the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has announced.
The dead mountain gorillas were discovered during routine monitoring by the RDB trackers between May 16th and 17th 2010.
South Africa braces for cold, snow….in Spring!
November 16, 2009
Filed under Africa, South Africa
Tags: Africa, brrr, chilly, climate, climate change, cold, cold November, Drakensberg, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, SAWS, snow, snowfall, South Africa, South African Weather Service, temperature, temperatures, unseasonal cold, unusual cold, unusually cold, weather
SA braces for cold, snow
http://www.news24.com
November 16, 2009
Johannesburg – Summer has not quite arrived yet.
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) said on Sunday another strong cold front, which would bring cold conditions and possible snow to the Drakensberg and Lesotho on Monday night, would cause temperatures in the interior of the country to drop from Tuesday.
Rough winter weather at the beginning of summer surprises Cape Town
November 10, 2009
Filed under Africa, South Africa
Tags: Africa, brrr, Cape, Cape Town, chilly, climate, climate change, cold, cold November, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, South Africa, temperature, temperatures, unseasonal cold, unusual cold, unusually cold, weather
Winter weather surprises Cape
http://www.news24.com
2009-11-09
Cape Town – Capetonians were taken by surprise by unusually rough winter weather at the beginning of summer, as heavy rain, flooding, and stormy sea conditions lashed parts of the Western Cape over the weekend.
South Africa: Cold a killer for homeless
June 27, 2009
Filed under Africa, South Africa
Tags: Africa, brrr, chilly, climate, climate change, cold, cold weather, cold weather deaths, Eastern Cape, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, South Africa, spate of cold weather, temperature, temperatures, weather, winter
Cold a killer for homeless
http://www.int.iol.co.za
June 26 2009
A recent spate of cold weather is to blame for the deaths on Friday of two people in the Eastern Cape, police said.
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