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Snowboarder dies in avalanche north of Anchorage, Alaska following heavy snowfall

Abbey Collins
Alaska Public Media
Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:38 UTC
Hatcher Pass and the historic Independence Mine site.
© Casey Grove/Alaska Public MediaHatcher Pass and the historic Independence Mine site.
A 17-year-old man died after he was caught in an avalanche in Hatcher Pass Monday, according to Alaska State Troopers.

The mountain pass, about an hour north of Anchorage, is a popular area for winter recreation.

Troopers said officers responded to the area near mile 16 of the Palmer Fishhook Road just after 4 p.m.

The agency says the man was snowboarding when he was caught and buried in an avalanche. Rescuers found him and brought him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Avalanche kills at least 3 near Abbottabad in Pakistan


Dunya News
Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:26 UTC
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A landslide triggered by a massive avalanche in Gandla area of Nathia Gali near Abbottabad killed at least three persons and injured 16 other, Dunya News reported on Tuesday.

According to details, three vehicles were buried under the snow and mud at the site. Rescue teams along with Pakistan Army personnel and local administration reached the spot and retrieved three dead bodies, including a woman, and 16 injured persons from the two vehicles buried under the debris.

Rescue sources informed that one vehicle is still buried under the debris and search operation continues in the area to retrieved persons trapped in the vehicle.

Rescue sources said that most of the injured were in critical condition. The rescue teams shifted the injured to Murree Hospital and DHQ Complex Abbottabad.
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Snowfall forces road closures in Mexico

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:03 UTC
snow mexico
Six municipalities of Chihuahua registered snowfall in the last hours, which motivated the closure of roads.

With all of the bru-ha-ha about the coronavirus, I almost missed this one about six communities being whitewashed.

3 Mar 2020 - The State Civil Protection Coordination (CEPC) reported that the snow began to accumulate from 23:00 hours and continued during the early morning, so that Bocoyna, Guachochi, Urique, Madera, Gómez Farías and Ignacio Zaragoza were whitewashed.

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Beaches to disappear once again!

Tony Heller
Real Climate Science
Wed, 04 Mar 2020 02:54 UTC
Disappearing Beaches
© Fox NewsHalf of world’s beaches will disappear by 2100 because of climate change, experts say
They also disappeared in 1987.

Where's the Beach?
© Time MagazineAmerica's Vanishing Coastline
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2 separate avalanches kill 6 people in Austria

Michael Shields
Yahoo! News
Sun, 08 Mar 2020 13:33 UTC
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An avalanche killed five people on a snowshoeing tour in the Dachstein region of Austria on Sunday, police said.

The five people were believed not to be Austrian, but their identities were still under investigation, a spokeswoman for police in Upper Austria province said.

Broadcaster ORF said on its website that initial indications were the five young victims came from the Czech Republic.

A search has ended and found no more victims, police said.

Source: Reuters

Comment: A sixth person was also killed in the same country by a separate avalanche on the same day.

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Spring arriving earlier across the US throwing wildlife into disarray

Theresa Crimmins
The Conversation
Wed, 04 Mar 2020 12:59 UTC
trout lily
© Katja Schulz/Wikipedia, CCYellow trout lily flowers nearly a week earlier now than in previous decades in the Appalachian Mountains.
Across much of the United States, a warming climate has advanced the arrival of spring. This year is no exception. In parts of the Southeast, spring has arrived weeks earlier than normal and may turn out to be the warmest spring on record.


Comment: An early and warm spring does not equal a warming climate, because the US and much of the planet are also breaking numerous cold records.


Apple blossoms in March and an earlier start to picnic season may seem harmless and even welcome. But the early arrival of springtime warmth has many downsides for the natural world and for humans.

Rising temperatures in the springtime signal plants and animals to come alive. Across the United States and worldwide, climate change is steadily disrupting the arrival and interactions of leaf buds, cherry blossoms, insects and more.

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7 day snowfall totals pass 1.5 metres (5 feet) in the Alps, substantial snow also for the Pyrenees

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Thu, 05 Mar 2020 19:54 UTC
Val Thorens
Val Thorens, France
A number of ski areas in France, Italy and Switzerland report they have received more than 1.5 metres (five feet) of snowfall in the past seven days.

After a brief lull it has been snowing again heavily in the Western Alps with a number of resorts reporting another 50cm (20 inches) in the past 24 hours.

Of Europe's major destination resorts, La Plagne and Tignes in France as well as La Thuile in Italy have reported more than 1.4 metres of snowfall this week with Avoriaz and ski areas in the 4 Valleys reporting 50cm of fresh snow since yesterday.

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Severe winter weather kills over 55,700 livestock in the province of Khuvsgul, Mongolia

Xiang Bo
Xinhua
Mon, 02 Mar 2020 20:00 UTC
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Extreme wintry weather, known as dzud in Mongolia, has killed more than 55,700 livestock animals in the northwestern province of Khuvsgul alone since late last year, the provincial agricultural department said Monday.

"Dzud" is a Mongolian term to describe the frigid winter that comes after a dry summer and causes the death of a great number of livestock due to starvation or cold weather.

"A total of 55,764 livestock animals have died in 11 soums (a type of administrative district in Mongolia) of our province since late last year due to the severe wintry weather. Heavy snowfalls have hit the province 16 times since the beginning of November," the department said in a statement.

The agricultural department and other relevant provincial organizations have been distributing grass and fodder to local herders free of charge or at discounted prices, it added.
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Revelstoke Mountain in British Columbia sees 9.3 metres (30.5 feet) of snow this season and still counting

Tony Harrington
Mountain Watch
Wed, 04 Mar 2020 19:17 UTC
Coen Bennie-Faull sliding through the surreal landscape of Revelstoke’s alpine
© Tony HarringtonCoen Bennie-Faull sliding through the surreal landscape of Revelstoke’s alpine
It feels like everyone you talk to in snow circles in North America or Canada has Revelstoke on their radar right now. The word is also out in Australia and you'll not only hear a few Aussie accents in the lift lines and the cafes, you'll find a few of Australia's top freeskiers making the most of this BC powder town including Nat Segal, Billy Lloyd-Blainey and recent settler Coen Bennie-Faull.

And there's a few very good reasons why. So, let's start with the terrain. It's huge, the mountain claims the biggest vertical of any resort in North America. Incredible bowls are just a short hike. Like trees? They've got glades. Like to feel the burn? Try a top-to-bottom and let us know how your thighs feel.

Then bury all that varied and vast terrain with a deep layer of snow. This winter Revy has seen a clockwork delivery of copious amounts of snow chalking up their second snowiest season on record - 931cms so far and it's not stopping anytime soon.

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4 metres (13 feet) of snow in 3 weeks at Glencoe Mountain Resort in Scotland


BBC
Wed, 04 Mar 2020 12:47 UTC
A partially buried hut at Glencoe Mountain snowsports centre this week
© Keith HillA partially buried hut at Glencoe Mountain snowsports centre this week
The operators of a Scottish snowsports centre say they are enjoying the best snow conditions in six years.

Glencoe Mountain estimates about 4m (13ft) of snow has fallen over the past three weeks and ski lifts and equipment huts have been partially buried.

Recent heavy snowfalls across Scotland's mountain areas followed a winter largely marked by mild weather and little snow.

All Scotland's outdoor snowsports centres have benefitted from snowfalls.

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