Heavy snowfall led to power outages and road closures in northern Bavaria on Saturday morning, while other high-lying regions of the south were also affected.

Some 7,500 residents of the north Bavarian district of Mittelberg were dealing with power outages on Saturday morning.

Local authorities in the district, which is situated between Frankfurt and Wüprzburg, said they hoped to have the electricity network back up and running by the afternoon.

Several roads also had to be closed after trees fell across the asphalt.

More than 60,000 Quebec homes in the Lanaudière and Laurentides regions are in the dark Friday morning due to stormy weather.

As of 8:15 a.m., 33,408 homes in Lanaudière, mostly in La Rivière-du-Nord and Les Pays-d'en-Haut, as well as 26,652 households in the Laurentides, mostly in the Matawinie and Montcalm areas, are without power.

Environment Canada currently has no alerts in effect for Lanaudière, but does warn of snowfall amounts of about five centimetres that are expected to change to rain during the day on Friday.

As for the Laurentides, which Environment Canada refers to as the Laurentians Wildlife Reserve, a winter storm warning is currently in effect.

A mud volcano erupted near a local temple in Wandan Township in Pingtung County on Friday morning, heaving large amounts of mud above ground that flowed into surrounding roads and fields.

The eruption, the second by the volcano since October 2021, occurred at around 6 a.m. near Huang Yuan Sheng Tien (皇源聖殿), a temple surrounded by farmland in Wannei Village in the eastern part of the county near Kaohsiung.

The bursts reached as high as a one-story building, and to keep the mud from further spreading into nearby rice paddies, excavators were mobilized to channel mud toward drainage ditches, Wannei Village chief Chen Yu-i (陳玉意) told CNA.

Another round of heavy snowfall has arrived in the Alps, the second in a week.

Many skiers who found warm, dry and sunny conditions when they visited the Alps during march at the end of winter are spotting the irony that colder temperatures and lots of fresh snow is arriving just as resorts begin to close for the season.

However for those heading to the Alps for Easter, or even to resorts that are staying open to the latter half of April or into May, the new snow is obviously very welcome.

Heavy rain in northwest Colombia has taken its toll on the population of the department of Antioquia where at least 12 people have died in landslides and floods over the last few days.

Heavy rainfall triggered floods and landslides in Abriaqui municipality on 07 April 2022, destroying part of the El Porvenir mine and a workers' campsite, killing 11 people and injuring 10. More people are feared missing and the number of fatalities could rise. Around 20 families were evacuated from a nearby village. Roads in the area have been blocked by floods and landslide debris.

The previous day authorities reported that one person died in a landslide after heavy rain in Barbosa municipality.

Over the last few years, winter has continued to gain ground over spring, and this time is no exception.

A late winter storm blasted the northeastern United States with high winds and snow, sending temperatures plummeting and making travel hazardous. The Ohio River Valley experienced the heaviest snowfall that blanketed parts of Nashville, Tennessee, and Cincinnati. Parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota, North Dakota, and California also reported unseasonable snow throughout the month. Moreover, sudden temperature drop and blinding snow showers caused a 60 vehicle pile-up on Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, causing the death of 6.

Much of the UK remained in sub-zero conditions later this month due to a sudden blast of arctic air that brought snowfalls as far as south London. Travel and power experienced disruptions in the northern parts of the county.

Untimely snow also reached parts of Greece and Turkey several times this month, including on the first day of spring. Heavy snowfalls disrupted transportation and power in Istambul throughout mid-march, while a village in the eastern province of Muş was covered by unusual levels of snow.

Unprecedented floods across much of Australia's east coast triggered mass evacuations and destroyed hundreds of homes. Tens of thousands fled Sydney as heavy floods lashed overnight. Some suburbs exceed March's mean rainfall. While many areas in northern and eastern parts of New South Wales were recovering from the widespread flooding that began in late February, heavy rain triggered a second destructive flood late this month after a levee along the Wilsons River in Lismore breached once again.

Three months after deadly floods claimed dozens of lives in Malaysia, heavy rainfall affected more than a hundred houses in Kampung Periuk and Kampung Pasir Baru. In Indonesia, floods and landslides affected more than 30,000, and almost 10,000 were displaced.

Flooding also caused severe damage in areas of Cotopaxi Province in Ecuador. Dozens of families were evacuated, and thousands were isolated after overflowing rivers destroyed main bridges. Meanwhile, in Petropolis, Brazil, a month's worth of rain fell in a matter of hours causing damage to 100 homes, mostly due to landslides.

All this and more in our SOTT Earth Changes Summary for March 2022:

Maple Creek and the surrounding area dealt with a power outage for more than 24 hours following a spring snow storm.

Resident Laurie Leigh said she woke up with no power Tuesday morning. The lights were still off as of Wednesday at noon.

Maple Creek and the surrounding area dealt with a power outage for more than 24 hours following a spring snow storm.

Resident Laurie Leigh said she woke up with no power Tuesday morning. The lights were still off as of Wednesday at noon.

"It makes you realize how reliant you are on electricity," she said. "We actually built little clay pots with candles and have some heat coming off of them."

High winds and heavy, wet snow blew in Monday night and continued throughout the day into Wednesday morning. The southwest area saw around 34 hours of continuous snowfall, according to the CTV News radar and satellite system.

More torrential rainfall has fallen in parts of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, including in areas around Greater Sydney, causing floods and prompting further evacuation orders.

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) figures show Rose Bay in Sydney recorded 167.2 mm of rain in 24 hours on 07 April 2022. The suburb of Centennial Park recorded 163 mm and Sydney Airport 125.5 mm. The mean average of rain for April in the city is around 126.5 mm. The latest rainfall has seen Sydney surpass its annual rainfall average of 1,213.4mm in just the first three months of 2022.

The heavy rain caused rivers to rise. BoM said on 07 April that there were "flood warnings for minor to major flooding in the Hawkesbury-Nepean and Georges rivers has been issued for the Sydney area with major flooding possible for Menangle, Liverpool and Milperra this afternoon."

US weather: Huge hail size of golf balls hits Florida - The massive storm system, the latest in a series of tempests that have battered the southern US for three weeks straight, hit parts of North Texas and southern Oklahoma last night, where winds of up to 75 miles per hour caused millions of dollars in property damage.

Flash flood warnings were also issued in the Dallas area overnight, with local fire officials engaging in multiple water rescues. No tornadoes have yet been reported from the area. The storm is now headed east through the Deep South, towards Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Florida, where it is expected to pick up in intensity. Weather officials said Tuesday that residents in those states should expect more damaging winds, heavy hail, and even twisters in those states.

Heavy rain that began around 03 April 2022 has caused flooding and landslides in several regions of the Philippines. Authorities report thousands of people have been affected and hundreds displaced. At least 1 person has died and 2 are missing in floods in Davao region.

Flooding struck in Davao region after heavy rainfall from 06 April. Authorities said 1,040 families in 22 villages have ben affected. One person died in flooding in Cateel in Davao Oriental province. Two others were reported missing after floods in Monkayo in Davao de Oro province, where all schools have been closed. Flooding and landslides struck in Mawab in the province of Davao de Oro on 03 April, damaging 6 houses and 5 roads. Around 274 families were affected and 15 people displaced.

Also on 03 April, heavy rain triggered flooding and landslides in South Cotabato and Sarangani in Soccsksargen region. Around 140 people were displaced and transport infrastructure damaged.