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Fierce wind rocks gondolas at ski resort in the French Pyrenees


Daily Telegraph
Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:33 UTC
Fierce Wind Rocks Gondolas
High winds blew snow across the slopes and caused gondolas carrying skiers to sway at the Les Angles ski resort in southern France on Saturday, February 2.

Video taken from a ski lift on the mountain shows a gondola swinging wildly in the wind. A second clip captures the effects of the wind on the slopes themselves, showing snow blowing across the trails.

Fierce wind and snow storms have impacted other ski areas in the Pyrenees, prompting closures, according to weather reports.


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Weather service: 'Life threatening situation' at Lake Tahoe - blizzard warning in effect


Tahoe Daily Tribune
Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:05 UTC
The view from South Shore on Monday morning.
The view from South Shore on Monday morning.
Snow is stacking up and officials are urging people to remain indoors as a winter storm continues to hammer the Lake Tahoe region.

The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a blizzard warning until 10 p.m. Monday. Winds could be as strong as 50 mph, with gusts over Sierra ridges expected to exceed 100 mph.

Heavy snow is in the forecast through the day into Monday evening.

Officials are urging people to avoid travel and stay inside.

"This is a life threatening situation," the weather service reports. "Do not attempt to travel. Road crews and first responders may not be able to rescue you. Stay indoors until the snow and wind subside. Even a short walk could be deadly if you become disoriented."

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Ten people killed as series of avalanches hit the Alps


RTE
Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:34 UTC
Rescue workers in Courmayeur
© ITALIAN ALPINE RESCUERescue workers in Courmayeur
Ten people were killed in a series of avalanches in the Alps over the weekend, emergency services and media reported.

The heaviest toll was in Italy's northwestern Aosta Valley, with five people killed and one missing from three different avalanches.

A search was launched above the resort of Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley for two French and two British nationals who failed to return to their hotel after skiing off-piste.

The search was abandoned overnight last night and three bodies were found on this morning.


Comment: An avalanche also claimed a life in Romania's Calimani Mountains over the same weekend.

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Heatwave envelopes southeastern Brazil

Lucrecia Franco
CGTN America
Fri, 01 Feb 2019 19:30 UTC
Brazil heatwave
© CGTN America
Extreme heat has been affecting Australia and now southeastern Brazil. Temperatures have spiked above 40-degrees Celsius (104 F). In Rio de Janeiro, special measures are in place to help keep people and animals cool during the hottest summer in almost a century.

CGTN's Lucrecia Franco is monitoring the mercury.


Comment: In the states of Espirito Santo and Bahia the normally sturdy robusta beans - used in instant coffee and espresso - are roasting even before being picked amid unrelenting heat according to reports.

Elsewhere in South America hundreds of cows have fallen dead in Argentina and Uruguay from heat stress.

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Lake Tahoe ski resorts report up to 34 inches of fresh snow - more in the forecast


Tahoe Daily Tribune
Sun, 03 Feb 2019 17:41 UTC
The view from Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe Sunday morning.
The view from Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe Sunday morning.
The first two days of a winter storm have delivered more than 2 feet of snow to some Lake Tahoe ski resorts, and more is on the way.

Here are some snow totals from ski resorts on Lake Tahoe's South Shore and the Inline Village area as of Sunday morning:

Kirkwood Mountain Resort reports 28 inches in 24 hours and 34 inches in 48 hours.

Sierra-at-Tahoe reports a 24-hour total of 19 inches at its base and 28 inches at its summit, and a storm total of 32 inches at its summit.

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'Thermal backlash': Polar vortex to be followed by extreme temperature swings

Sam Clench
NEWS.com.au
Sun, 03 Feb 2019 01:38 UTC
An aerial view of Chicago
© AFPAn aerial view of Chicago.
A week of extreme cold has left more than two dozen people dead - but even as temperatures rise, the wild weather is not over.

After a week of sub-zero temperatures that left more than two dozen people dead, the United States' midwest is finally about to thaw.

But the extreme weather is not over.

America's National Weather Service has warned residents to brace for massive temperature swings.

For example, the twin cities of Minneapolis and St Paul will go from -32 degrees celsius to seven degrees on Sunday local time, then plunge back down to -23 degrees by Wednesday.

On the local fahrenheit temperature scale, that's "about 125 degrees in temperature change" in a week, the NWS says.

US media outlets have labelled the erratic weather a "thermal backlash". The phenomenon could cause new problems for residents, as melting ice threatens to flood rivers and icicles fall from skyscrapers.

Comment: Woman takes it upon herself to rent hotel rooms and feed the homeless during Chicago's deep freeze

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: 'Day After Tomorrow' scenes, Antarctica cools & jet streams bent


Adapt 2030
Sat, 02 Feb 2019 23:40 UTC
Chicago freezes
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Extremes of colliding air masses record heat on one side and record cold on the other in N. America and Europe. This indicates that the weakening magnetosphere is allowing the jet streams to bend and break. Massive ice growth on Great Lakes, global temperature rundown and Antarctica cools again. Unsettled science as now new discoveries about the Atlantic currents effecting our climate.


Comment: Day After Tomorrow climate scenario: Scientists think global warming causes cold weather

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A metre of snow in 24 hours falls on the Italian Dolomites - heavy snowfall also for the Alps, Pyrenees, Canada and US

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Sat, 02 Feb 2019 20:33 UTC
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Several ski areas in the Italian Dolomites have reported huge snowfalls in the past 24 hours.

It has also been snowing heavily again in the Pyrenees, The Alps and in Western North America.

Ski areas in the Dolomites have reported up to a metre of snow in the past 24 hours. That's particularly noteworthy as the region has had very little snow for the first two months of the season, so some areas have had as much snowfall since yesterday, as they had previously had since November.

Cortina d'Ampezzo said it got a metre of snow since yesterday, Val Gardena 94cm and Canazei 80cm. Other areas reported big, but not so big, snowfall, such as 35cm at Alta Badia (which is right next to Val Gardena) and 20cm at Arabba which lies between Alta Badia and Cortina.

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#PolarVortex2019 smashes records - 84 million in US below 0°F at end of January

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That
Sat, 02 Feb 2019 19:43 UTC
polar vortex 2019
© WeatherModels.comChicago area temperatures January 31, 2019
There has been almost a death watch going on for Chicago, looking for an all time new all-time low temperature record to beat the previous -27°F. For those wishing for a new datapoint, Chicago didn't beat the all time record, but did set a new record for the day:


O'Hare Airport was even colder at -23°F

Comment: SOTT has been sounding a warning of the true nature of climate change for nearly a decade.

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University of Iowa student found frozen to death in minus-51-degree wind chill - the 8th polar vortex death this week

George Steer
Yahoo news
Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC
Gerald Belz
A University of Iowa student was found apparently frozen to death on campus as wind chills hit minus-51 degrees Fahrenheit - one of at least eight people to die as a result of the record-setting cold that had settled on the Midwest this week.

Authorities said the body of Gerald Belz, 18, was found by campus police just before 3 a.m. Wednesday behind an academic building. The pre-med student was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Officials believe his death was related to dangerously low temperatures, though they are yet to give a specific cause of death.

Doctors did not find alcohol in his system. No foul play was suspected, police said.

Comment: See also: Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: New York freezes & polar vortex aftermath Midwest

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