Earth Changes
"The last couple of days of the season marked 128 MPH winds, bitter temps and the white stuff. Brrrrr," New Hampshire State Parks wrote on Facebook.
Sunday marked the end of the summer season at the park. Facilities won't open again until late spring 2020.
Last week, the Mount Washington Observatory shared photos of a "winter wonderland" at the summit. They've also reported 100+ mph winds resulting in "rime ice feathers" as high as 3 feet.
Canterbury High Country and Central Otago bore the brunt of the southerly cold front, with snow accumulating as low as 600m in Naseby.
Naseby resident Kila Hepi said there had been more snow in the last three weeks than they'd had all winter.
"Oh it's just another day isn't it. When you live at altitude you expect this to happen," she said.
One Sheffield resident, Virginia Stevens, was making the most of the unexpected dusting, donning a dressing gown to take photos outside.
"It's absolutely ridiculous that we get it at this time of year. It's crazy, but it's nice.
Disaster Management Centre (DMC) reported that the severe weather has affected the provinces of Central, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, North-Western, Southern, Northern and Eastern Provinces.
Four fatalities occurred in Badulla district, Uva Province as a result of flooding and lightning strikes. The fifth fatality occurred in Rathnapura district, Sabaragamuwa Province after a landslide.
As of 23 October, 1,661 people were staying in 3 relief camps in Gampaha, Western Province, after flooding forced them from their homes.
Government officials said that 12 people have lost their lives in the recent floods. As many as 5,444 houses have been damage, forcing thousands of people to move to relief camps.
Several districts have been affected, including Belagavi, Bagalkote, Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu and Haveri, Chitradurga, Gadag and Dharrwad.
Belagavi district has reportedly suffered some of the worst damage. Two teams from India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are working in the district to carry out evacuations and rescues. Another NDRF team is operating in Gadag district.

Emergency services were deployed throughout the night to try and find people who had disappeared during the freak flash floods (poor weather conditions pictured in Sant Antonio, Spain)
He was discovered on a beach near Arenys, Spain, this morning.
He went missing as he went to move his car which had been swept away by a swollen river, yesterday.
The man is the same civilian who emergency teams had searched for throughout the night, according to the regional Mossos d'Esquadra force. He was discovered on a beach near Arenys this morning.
It has also emerged that a 52-year-old man died in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat southwest of Barcelona after being run over by a train in an incident blamed on the storms.
A puting beliung (small tornado) swept through three different villages in Batu city in East Java over the weekend, leaving one dead and over 1,000 residents displaced.
The tornado destroyed about 20 houses, a telecommunications transmitter and parts of the electricity network in three villages: Sumber Brantas, Gunungsari and Sumbergondo.
Several trees fell and blocked access to the affected areas. Sodiq, a resident of Jurang Kuali hamlet in Sumber Brantas village, was killed by a falling tree, news site tempo.co reported.
Over 1,200 residents took shelter in five locations, including at the mayor's residence and the Batu Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) compound.
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Over the weekend the ski resort received 18 cm of snow with more flurries forecasted for later in the week.
Temperatures are expected to hover around zero for the rest of the week helping to stop the snow from melting.
The resort is expected to open on Nov. 28.

People travel on a flooded street in Vinh, Nghe An Province, October 17, 2019.
Flooding affected the provinces of Nghệ An, Bình Định and Hà Tĩnh provinces. Three fatalities were reported in Nghệ An, where 5 houses were destroyed and 5,250 houses damaged by flood water. Wide areas of crops and aquatic farms have been damaged in the province. The heavy rain also triggered landslides which blocked important roads in several areas.












