Dozens killed as icy weather grips Japan
February 3, 2012
Filed under Asia, Japan
Tags: Asia, avalanches, brrr, climate change, cold, cold deaths, cold February, cold January, cold Japan, cold record, cold weather deaths, coldest winter, coldest winter 2012, freeze, freezing, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, heavy snow, heavy snowfall, heavy snowstorm, Japan, record cold, snowstorm, temperature, temperatures, unusual cold, unusually cold, winter
Dozens killed as icy weather grips Japan
http://www.heraldsun.com.au
February 2, 2012
Heavy snow that has blanketed northern Japan for weeks, triggering avalanches and affecting transport networks, has left at least 55 people dead.
Unusual cold snap strikes North India as death toll rises to 135
February 2, 2012
Filed under Asia, India
Tags: Asia, brrr, climate, climate change, cold, cold deaths, cold January, cold January 2012, cold wave, cold winter, freeze, freezing, freezing cold, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, India, Kashmir, temperature, temperatures, unusual cold, unusually cold, weather
Unusual cold snap strikes North India as death toll rises to 135
http://weatherevents.co.uk
January 26, 2012
The death toll in a cold wave sweeping through northern India has risen to around 135, media reports say.
Finland in the deep freeze all this week
January 30, 2012
Filed under Europe, finland
Tags: bitterest cold, brrr, climate, climate change, cold, cold January, cold record, deep freeze, finland, frigid, frost, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, new cold record, record cold, severe cold, temperature, temperatures, weather, winter
Finland in the deep freeze all this week
http://www.yle.fi
January 30, 2012
The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) predicts severe cold to continue until at least next weekend. Early Monday, a new cold record for this winter was set in Kuhmo, where the mercury plunged to -35.4 degrees Celsius.
Alaska: Anchorage on track to set record for coldest January
January 29, 2012
Filed under Alaska, USA
Tags: Alaska, Anchorage, bone-chilling cold, brrr, chill, climate, climate change, cold freeze, cold January, cold record, cold snap, freeze, freezing, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, record cold, record cold January, temperature, temperatures, USA, weather
Anchorage on track to set record for coldest January
http://www.thenewstribune.com
28 January 2012
It has been so cold for so long in Anchorage that the chill has settled into the bones of daily life.
At Skinny Raven, $189 ankle-length down Skhoop ski skirts sell briskly. Plumbers who unfreeze pipes and thaw washing machines are too busy to talk.
Meteorologists agree: January is on track to be one of the most frigid months on record in Alaska history, according to the National Weather Service.
Cold weather kills dozens in Europe
January 25, 2010
Filed under Europe
Tags: brrr, Bulgaria, chilly, climate, climate change, cold, cold January, cold kills, cold record, cold weather, cold weather deaths, coldest weather, Czech Republic, Europe, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, heavy snowfall, netherlands, Poland, record cold, Romania, snow, snowfall, temperature, temperatures, Ukraine, unusual cold, unusually cold, weather, winter
Cold weather kills dozens in Europe
http://www.irishtimes.com
January 25, 2010
Dozens of people have died in cold weather sweeping eastern Europe with temperatures today dipping to -35 degrees in some areas, causing schools to close and disrupting road and rail traffic.
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Though eastern Europe has borne the brunt of the latest cold snap, temperatures also dropped to -17 degrees in the Netherlands, whose meteorological agency declared this the coldest winter in 30 years.
Flurries hit southeast Australia as towns record their first-ever summer snowfalls
January 18, 2010
Filed under australia
Tags: australia, Bombala, chilly, climate, climate change, cold, cold front, cold January, Cooma, first-ever summer snowfalls, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, Kosciuszko, New South Wales, ski resort, snow, snow flurries, snowfall, summer snow, summer snowfall, temeprature, temperatures, Threbdo, unseasonable snowfalls, unusal snow, unusal snowfall, weather, wind-chill
Flurries hit southeast Australia as towns record their first-ever summer snowfalls
http://www.newstalk1010.com
January 18, 2010
CANBERRA, Australia – Australia is following its second-hottest year on record with extraordinary snow flurries in its southeastern alpine region, where some towns have recorded their first-ever summer snowfalls.
Snow covers Britain from head to toe after heaviest snowfall in 50 years
January 9, 2010
Filed under Britain
Tags: below freezing, Britain, brrr, climate, climate change, cold, cold January, freeze, freezing, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, heaviest snowfall, icy, record snow, record snowfall, snow, snow coverage, snowfall, temperature, temperatures, unusual snow, weather, winter
Snow covers Britain from head to toe
http://www.telegraph.co.uk
07 Jan 2010
As if dusted with icing sugar, this satellite image of Britain shows the full extent of the snow coverage affecting the country.
From head to toe there is barely a patch of land not blanketed by the heaviest snowfall in 50 years.
Army rescues 1,000 drivers stranded in cars for 12 HOURS as UK is paralysed by heaviest snowfalls in 30 years (with more on its way)
January 6, 2010
Filed under Britain
Tags: blizzards, Britain, brrr, chilly, climate, climate change, cold, cold January, cold record, coldest January, freezing, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, heaviest snowfalls, ice, plunging temperatures, record cold, record snow, record snowfall, snow, snowfall, snowstorms, temperature, temperatures, unusally cold, unusual snow, weather, winter
Ice-bound Britain is paralysed by the biggest snowfall for years . . . and grit and gas supplies are already running low
http://www.dailymail.co.uk
6th January 2010
● Army drafted in to rescue 1,000 stranded motorists
● Boy, 6, fighting for his life after falling into icy garden pond
● Councils warn they have little more than a day’s grit supply
● Panic buying of salt, shovels, thermal underwear – and sledges
● Driver was treated for shock after his car skidded on to a level crossing
Arctic freeze and snow wreak havoc across the planet
January 5, 2010
Filed under Asia, Europe, UK, USA
Tags: arctic air, arctic freeze, Asia, brrr, chilly, China, climate, climate change, cold, cold deaths, cold January, coldest January, deep freeze, Europe, extreme cold, freeze, freezing, freezing cold, global cooling, Global Freeze, global warming, heaviest snow, icy, killer freeze, record cold, record low temperatures, record snow, record snowfalls, russia, ski, snowdrifts, temperature, temperatures, unusally cold, unusual cold, USA, weather, winter
Arctic freeze and snow wreak havoc across the planet
http://www.timesonline.co.uk
January 5, 2010
Arctic air and record snow falls gripped the northern hemisphere yesterday, inflicting hardship and havoc from China, across Russia to Western Europe and over the US plains.
There were few precedents for the global sweep of extreme cold and ice that killed dozens in India, paralysed life in Beijing and threatened the Florida orange crop. Chicagoans sheltered from a potentially killer freeze, Paris endured sunny Siberian cold, Italy dug itself out of snowdrifts and Poland counted at least 13 deaths in record low temperatures of about minus 25C (-13F).