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Ice Cube

370,000 homes and businesses across Ontario without power due to ice storm


The Weather Network
Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:10 UTC
More than 390K still without power in Ontario after weekend ice storm
More than 390K still without power in Ontario after weekend ice storm
More than 370,000 homes and businesses lost power amid widespread, persistent freezing rain

A high-impact ice storm will continue into Sunday after hours of ice accretion knocked out power to more than 370,000 customers across Ontario as of early Sunday afternoon.

Expect widespread power outages to persist through the remainder of the weekend, along with treacherous driving conditions across communities experiencing freezing rain and heavy snowfall.

Stay home if possible during periods of freezing rain. Be sure to check highway conditions and local weather alerts before heading out if necessary.

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Ice Cube

Late March ice storm leaves much of northern Michigan frozen


UpNorthLive
Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:02 UTC
Damage caused by a major ice storm in the Grayling area on March 30, 2025.
© Theresa FeldhauserDamage caused by a major ice storm in the Grayling area on March 30, 2025.
This is viewer video sent in from Brandon Mons in Gaylord. Weekend storms in late March 2025 left much of northern Michigan covered in ice.

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Attention

Sahara Desert shows abrupt extreme climate change is natural, nothing human about it

P.Gosselin
NoTricksZone
Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:50 UTC
Abrupt, dramatic climate changes happen naturally. Scientists find Sahara went from green to parched in just a matter of decades.
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The claim that human emissions are causing the climate to change dramatically and abruptly is used to instill fear among the population. Without human emissions, the climate would still change, but much more calmly and gradually, so they like to have us believe.

But anyone who has studied climate history knows that climate change tends happen abruptly, often over the course of just a few decades.

One example is the Sahara, which wasn't always a desert. Trees and grasslands dominated the landscape from roughly 10,000 years ago to 5,000 years ago, scientists reported in a paper published in 2013. "Then, abruptly, the climate changed, and north Africa began to dry out."

The study published in Science says it all took just a few hundred years.
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Arrow Down

Alaska teenager dies in avalanche, the state's 4th snow slide fatality this month

Thao Nguyen
USA TODAY
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:26 UTC
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A teenager died after triggering an avalanche at a mountain pass in southern Alaska, authorities and officials said, marking the state's fourth snow slide fatality this month.

The body of Tucker Challan, 16, of Soldotna, was recovered from the avalanche site Sunday morning by the Alaska Mountain Rescue Group, according to state troopers. Challan's body was transported to the state medical examiner's office and his family was notified, troopers confirmed.

Troopers said they received a report of a "fatal avalanche" shortly after 2:30 p.m. local time Saturday in Turnagain Pass, a popular winter recreation area within Chugach National Forest. The mountain pass is about 60 miles southeast of Anchorage, Alaska.
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Snowflake

Heavy spring snowfall affects Turkey's central Anatolia, eastern regions


Xinhua
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:38 UTC
People walk on a snow-covered road in Malatya, Türkiye, on March 21, 2025. Heavy snowfall has impacted Türkiye
© Mustafa KayaPeople walk on a snow-covered road in Malatya, Türkiye, on March 21, 2025. Heavy snowfall has impacted Türkiye's central Anatolia area and eastern regions, disrupting transportation and daily life, local IHA news agency reported on Friday.
Heavy snowfall has impacted Türkiye's central Anatolia area and eastern regions, disrupting transportation and daily life, local IHA news agency reported on Friday.

The report said 911 people were stranded on the highways connecting Kayseri to Malatya, Gurun, and Goksun in Anatolia, adding they were later rescued by emergency teams.

In Sivas province, east of Anatolia, the Sivas-Gurun highway was closed due to blizzards. Security teams took precautions by blocking the road and preventing vehicle passage. However, rescue teams reportedly responded to four traffic accidents, and one missing person was found.

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Snowflake Cold

Snow and frost threaten fruit crops in Korça, Albania


Fresh Plaza
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:29 UTC
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The recent snowfall in Korça, Albania, accompanied by a temperature drop, has impacted the agricultural sector, particularly affecting certain crops.

Arben Hysolli, a specialist at the Directorate of Agriculture in Korça, outlined the factors influencing the extent of damage. Notably, almonds, peaches, apricots, and cherries, especially early cherry cultivars, are at risk. The situation is under observation with an assessment expected within 72 hours.

Hysolli stated, "Yesterday's snowfall was also accompanied by a drop in temperatures, which reached -5.2/-6 degrees Celsius. The damage caused by the drop in temperatures depends on a number of factors, which are the duration of the minimum temperature, how far this minimum temperature has reached, the species or cultivar of the agricultural crop, as well as the phenological phase in which the agricultural crop is located."


Comment: Also recently: 20 cms of March snow in the mountainous areas of Shkodra, Albania

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Snowflake

First spring snowfall over Jordan's highlands in about 27 years


Arabiaweather.com
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:48 UTC
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Jordan was affected by a second-degree (winter) low-pressure system accompanied by an extremely cold air mass across all layers of the atmosphere. As a result of the extreme cold in the atmosphere, especially the low layers, the northern mountain peaks, especially the peaks of Jerash and Ajloun governorates, especially the Ras Munif area, witnessed snowfall. Snow accumulated during the hours of Thursday/Friday night and Friday morning and dawn.

As the extremely cold winds deepened, snow spread to some peaks of the central highlands, including the peaks of Balqa, and some high-altitude neighborhoods west of the capital, including Khalda and Tlaa Al-Ali. Accumulating for a short period, this snowfall is the first of its kind during Ramadan in about 27 years, and it coincides with the first day of the vernal equinox.

These are scenes of the first snowfall during the month of Ramadan in about 27 years.


Comment: At the same time in the region: Snow returns to Lebanon

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Snowflake

Snow returns to Lebanon


www.mtv.com.lb
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:36 UTC
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Snow has covered the regions of Aayoun El Siman and Faqra.


Comment: Also in the region: First spring snowfall over Jordan's highlands in about 27 years

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Snowflake

This is spring? US Midwest digs out from blizzard; Northeast braces for snow

John Bacon
USA TODAY
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:26 UTC
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A powerful storm toppled power lines and made roads impassable across parts of the Midwest while another system forming Thursday − the first day of spring − was forecast to dump snow on parts of the Northeast by week's end, forecasters said.

The storms rocking the nation come just days after a huge system slammed across the country, killing more than 40 people.

The Kansas Department of Transportation shut down almost 250 miles of I-70 from Salina to the Colorado border for several hours at the height of the storm that brought high winds and blizzard conditions Thursday. In Iowa, the Department of Transportation closed a 70-mile stretch of I-29 from Sergeant Bluff to Missouri Valley. In Nebraska, I-80 was closed from Omaha to the Wyoming State line.

As the snow eased and major highways reopened, strong winds and travel warnings remained.

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Snowflake

March snow falls across Japan - nearly a foot of snowfall in 12 hours


NHK
Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:38 UTC
Snow falls across Japan, including central Tokyo
Snow falls across Japan, including central Tokyo
A developing low pressure system is bringing rain, snow and strong winds to a wide area spanning northern to western Japan. Some snow accumulated on Wednesday morning in Tokyo's 23 wards.

The snowfall has passed its peak in flatlands of the southern part of the Kanto region. More is forecast, mainly along mountains in the Kanto-Koshin region until late Wednesday afternoon. Strong winds are also expected.

The Japan Meteorological Agency says a cold air mass is flowing into the country at high altitudes. Also, a developing low pressure system is moving in an easterly direction.

The agency says these conditions are causing snow and rain, mostly around mountains.

In the 12 hours ending at 11 a.m. Wednesday, 30 centimeters of snowfall was observed in Gunma Prefecture's Kusatsu Town, 27 centimeters in Nagano Prefecture's Sugadaira, 18 centimeters in Fukushima Prefecture's Hinoemata Village and 15 centimeters in Hyogo Prefecture's Uwano Highland in Kami Town.

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