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The usually bustling border town has been left eerily quiet. Schools and other official institutions have shut their doors, and shops are markets are closed.
Snow has piled up so high that it has jammed doors and windows, leaving some residents unable to leave their homes. Some have had to tunnel their way out.
"If someone gets sick there is no aid here," said Sleman Baboli, chieftain of a nearby village. There were no shovels to clean the roads. If someone gets sick, how can we take him to the doctor?"
Comment: Also recently in the same region: 70 villages in southeastern Turkey buried by up to 6 meters (20 feet) of snow
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If you don't live in eastern-most province, count yourself lucky that you didn't have to deal with this brutal season.
The snowfall totals for most parts of the province were above average in December and January while February is on track to be near normal.
St. John's has already gotten more than 335 centimetres of snow dumped on it this winter which is almost 100 centimetres more than the average for the year.
© GLENN JEFFREYMount Taranaki was cloaked in cloud and wearing a fresh dusting of snow on Sunday morning.
Friday night brought a downpour that hit both the Americarna cruise through New Plymouth and the concert by Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals at the TSB Bowl of Brooklands.
Saturday began with more rain, and although it brightened up during the day, the rain returned in the evening.
Some places were hit harder than others. At New Plymouth's Brooklands Zoo, 2.8 millimetres of rain was recorded in the 24 hours leading up to 3pm on Sunday, according to the Taranaki Regional Council's figures.
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Just the right setup, with a moist and active pattern, allowed a warm temperature record to occur on the same calendar day as heavy snowfall.
Strong southerly flow courtesy of an upper-level high over northwestern Canada brought warmer air and plenty of moisture into southern Alaska late Monday into early Tuesday.
Temperatures briefly rose above 40 degrees in Anchorage early Tuesday as a result of this southerly flow. The high for the day was set during the midnight hour when temperatures rose to 44 degrees. This tied the daily record high for the date.
Above-average temperatures were also observed into northern Alaska. Utqiaġvik (formerly known as Barrow) ended its streak of 25 consecutive days of temperatures below 15 degrees below zero.
However, a cold front then pushed through Anchorage. Temperatures dropped to 32 degrees by 5 a.m. Tuesday, and snow was reported.
Snow continued to fall throughout Tuesday due to this first system and another low that was approaching from the south.
Cars are buried in 2-3 metres of snow and the road (E134 Haukelifjell) is closed and impassable due to the weather.
The travellers are inside and safe but need to wait for the weather to calm down and the roads to be cleared.
© Jarmo Siivikko/YleThe village of Poka in Finnish Lapland has over 120cm of snow cover.
Iiris Viljamaa of the Finnish Meteorological Institute told the tabloid Ilta-Sanomat that on Wednesday, the village of Poka in Kittilä had 121 centimetres of snow cover. Poka's long-term average for this time of year is 42 centrimetres.
Several of the institute's weather measurement stations in Lapland have reported record snow depths.
Comment: Also in this region of Europe: Almost twice as much snow as last year in north Norway - more than 7 feet
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Breckenridge and Steamboat Springs Ski Resort are racing to hit 300 inches of snow this season.
An active jet stream has been funneling that snow into Colorado's high country.
"I'm glad because the skiing is awesome," said one woman visiting from Florida.
Comment: 0uttherecolorado.com reports that by the 17th the snowfall total for the month was already 7.5 feet.
See in addition: Northwest Colorado records storm's highest snow total - 40 inches over weekend
Of the 150,000 hectares that Boyacá has for food production, 43,000 have already been affected by the cold temperatures, which have fallen as low as -8 ºC, according to the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam).
This figure, added to the 12,500 producers who have been harmed in that department, has led Governor Ramiro Barragán to ask permission from the Disaster Risk Management Council to issue a public calamity declaration due to frost in 57 municipalities, with Sogamoso, Sotaquirá, Belén, Cerinza, Floresta, Tuta, Siachoque, Caldas, Firavitoba, Toca, Motavita, Paipa, Cómbita, San Miguel de Sema, Tunja and Gámeza being the most affected.
Comment: Global crop failures continue: In Australia this is going to be the WORST HARVEST ever recorded