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Heavy snow is causing chaos in much of Europe's Alpine region. Switzerland is under a level five danger of avalanches with the highest accumulation of snow for nineteen years..
The heavy snow, combined with higher than average temperatures for January, has put much of northern Italy on high alert for avalanches.
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Sixty heads of state, hundreds of global business leaders, and countless armed security guards are gathering in Davos this week.
Sixty heads of state, hundreds of global business leaders, and countless armed security guards are gathering in Davos this week.
High in the Swiss alps on Monday, on the eve of the opening sessions, many of the roughly 3,000 delegates struggled to reach the ski resort. Part of the main train line into Davos had been buried in snow over the weekend, forcing people onto buses, and helicopters were disrupted by poor visibility.
Some pre-summit meetings were canceled or delayed as the first waves of delegates waded through snow-blanketed streets with luggage, looking for their hotels, or had to wait for road crews to dig their limousines out of drifts.
Businessmen slipped over on icy patches as snow plows roamed the streets, with the snow returning as fast as the machines could clear it.
World Economic Forum communications chief Adrian Monck said it appeared to be the heaviest snowfall for the four-decades-old summit since 1999-2000, though he described it as more of an inconvenience than a real threat to attendance.
"We know the snow causes inconvenience and it puts a lot of pressure on the city of Davos as a host but so far we have not seen any drop-off in registrations," Monck said.
Comment: In 2015, Al Gore, high priest of the man-made 'global warming' myth, (now man-made 'climate change') spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He described some of the deadly, destabilizing and destructive "costs of carbon" that occurred over the last year - the hottest in recorded history, and the latest in a 14 out of the last 15 years' warming trend.
Recently other 'global warming' theorists have been tripping over themselves to explain America's brutally cold winters. See also:
Al Gore on record cold wave: 'Bitter cold is exactly what we should expect from climate crisis' - UPDATE: Twitter responds
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The USS Little Rock is moored in Montreal's old port.
The USS Little Rock is moored in Montreal's old port.
Commissioned in Buffalo, New York on Dec. 16, the $440 million warship was set to be homeward bound to the Sunshine State the next day, but its departure was pushed back three days because weather conditions on Lake Erie.
The USS Little Rock left Buffalo on Dec. 20 and made a routine port visit in Montreal seven days later, where it remains docked, according to the Buffalo News.
A sustained cold snap played caused ice to form faster than expected along the St. Lawrence Seaway and has kept the USS Little Rock docked since its arrival.
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At least 67 people have suffered various injuries due to severe weather in Japan's metropolitan area according to national broadcaster NHK.
The snowfall has prompted the country's weather agency to issue a heavy snow warning for Tokyo for the first time in four years.
And scientists are concerned that the infection could make its way to humans.
Chronic wasting disease - or "zombie deer disease" - was first observed in 1967 in Fort Collins, Colorado, and has since infected wild herds in 24 states and Canada, as well as in South Korea and Norway, NPR reported.
"CWD passes from animal to animal through prions, misfolded proteins that cause other proteins to misfold around them," NPR reported. "Different prion diseases tend to only harm certain species, but can evolve to overcome those limitations."
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Mount Washington
Mount Washington
As a result of the massive amount of fresh powder, Mount Washington Road was closed from the resort to the junction of Highway 19, according to Drive B.C.
Meaghan Barker of Victoria, is one of many people who are stuck in the area. She arrived Thursday night and is staying in a cabin on a road called Fosters Place with her parents, husband and daughter.
Mountain ski resort Kittelfjäll in Vilhelmina municipality recorded weekend snow depths of more than 150 centimetres - the deepest snow cover so far this winter, according to national weather agency SMHI.
Further north, the town of Jokkmokk, currently busy preparing for its annual Sami winter market which gets under way on February 1st, boasted 135 centimetres of the white stuff.
The central Svealand region, which includes Stockholm, recorded its deepest snow cover in Lillhamra in Dalarna where 102 centimetres of snow had fallen by Sunday, according to SMHI.
More than 250 earthquakes hit South Reno, Nevada since January January 12, 2018.
According to Ken Smith, an earth scientist at the University of Nevada Reno's Nevada Seismological Laboratory, the swarm kicked off on December 18, then quieted down until January 12. Then seismological activity picked back up and has continued since, although in the past day or so the tremors have slowed down again. "Things are starting to cool off a little bit, so that's good news," Smith told Newsweek.
The latest heavy snow, which may deposit a metre of snow at some resorts over the next three days, is the latest in a series of heavy snowfalls over the past month
Zermatt announced yesterday evening that it was closing its rail access from neighbouring Tasch due to the avalanche danger at 10pm and this morning said access remained closed for the time being with no end point yet known. Last night they advised arriving skiers to look for accommodation in Swiss cities rather than making the journey up to Zermatt.
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