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Heavy snowfall in Turkey

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26 Oct 2018 - 10 people rescued due to snowfall.
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Roads are white in Uludag, Turkey. Snowfall in high parts of the city gives drivers a hard time.

On the Bolu Mountain drivers are warned by light boards and traffic teams to keep track of their distance and to comply with speed limits.

Wow! This video tells the real story.


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Heavy snowfall hits Switzerland - up to 28 inches overnight

Cows look for grass in the snow in the Vallee de Joux in the Jura on Sunday morning
© JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTTCows look for grass in the snow in the Vallee de Joux in the Jura on Sunday morning
The end of summer time on the clocks was mirrored by the weather in Switzerland on Sunday as many places woke up to snow - with over 70 centimetres in the resort of Arosa.

The eastern Alps were affected in particular, where it snowed to quite low altitudes, the Swiss weather service MeteoSwiss told Keystone-SDA.

Parts of the eastern canton of Graubünden saw 30-70-centimetres of snow at over 1,200 metres above sea level.


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October snow hitting Ireland as temperatures plummet

Snow in Donegal
© @pripfeiffer /TwitterSnow in Donegal
Snow has officially arrived in Ireland following a night of freezing temperatures.

A light dusting of the fluffy "white stuff" can be seen Lugnaquilla, County Wicklow, ahead of further cold weather into next weekend.

Currently, we are braced for forecasts as cold as Iceland with the mercury predicted to drop to as low as -5 degrees celcius.

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Overnight snow of 50 cm (19 inches) wipes out men's giant slalom opener in Austria

Austrian soldiers take down the finish line banner
© Joe KlamarAustrian soldiers take down the finish line banner as the men's giant slalom competition was cancelled Sunday due to heavy snowfall and strong winds in Sö​lden. Organizers are expected to announce the new date and venue on Monday.
New date, venue for World Cup event to be announced Monday

The season-opening men's World Cup giant slalom that was cancelled due to bad weather at the Rettenbach glacier on Sunday will be rescheduled for another resort in Europe.

The men's race director of governing body FIS, Markus Waldner, said the race will be held before the Christmas break, and that organizers were expected to announce the new date and venue on Monday.

Excessive snowfall and strong winds forced the cancellation of Sunday's race in Sö​lden, Austria.

Organizers initially delayed the start of the giant slalom by an hour, but called off the event soon after as no improvement of the weather was forecast.

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October snow falling in the Alps, Pyrenees, Dolomites, Scotland, Canada and USA

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The end of October is turning very wintry in most of the northern hemisphere's ski regions. Some forecasts are predicting that some resorts in the Alps will receive 1.8m (six feet) of snow by Halloween.

Snow has been falling for the past 24 hours in many mountainous areas of Europe with roads near ski areas in Scotland closed yesterday and today and snow cover starting to build in the Pyrenees (where Baqueira Beret is pictured today below).

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Early snowfall hits northern England

Snow is falling in County Durham Snow in Sunniside
© Carrie NicholsonSnow in Sunniside, County Durham
Snow is falling in County Durham this morning as the region braces itself for extreme weather conditions.

Snow is also falling further south in the region including in Richmond, Bishop Auckland and Darlington, with reports of disruption in the Guisborough area.

The Met Office warned on Friday that the cold snap for the weekend could bring tricky conditions for road and rail travellers in some parts of the country.


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Autumn snow falls at Glencoe Mountain Resort, Scotland

Further snowfalls have been forecast for parts of Scotland
Further snowfalls have been forecast for parts of Scotland
October snow falls at Glencoe Mountain Resort in the Highlands.

The Met Office has issued a warning of wintry conditions for parts of Scotland.

Forecasters said hail, sleet and snow showers would leave surfaces prone to patchy ice.

Slushy snow is expected on some upland routes.


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Hiker caught in 3 feet deep early snow rescued off Mount Madison, New Hampshire

A Florida man was found by rescuers
© N.H. Fish and GameA Florida man was found by rescuers huddled under a building on the summit of Mount Madison on Wednesday.
The early onset of winter weather producing "brutal" conditions and snow drifts several feet deep caught a Florida hiker by surprise Wednesday, leading him to activate his emergency beacon and get rescued near the summit of Mount Madison in the northern Presidential Range.

The emergency beacon alert came in about 9 a.m. Wednesday, reported by the International Emergency Response Coordination Center out of Montgomery, Texas, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials.

There was little to no information provided other than the name and phone number of the owner of the device. Officials were able to determine that the emergency beacon was a SPOT Gen 3 device that was registered to an Andrew Carlson of Madeira Beach, Fla.

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Heavy spring snow for South Island, New Zealand

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Tourists have been stunned by crazy spring scenes of heavy snow falling in the South Island.

Winter may officially be over, but heavy snow has started to fall near Queenstown as heavy rain drenches the South Island.

Australian tourists told Newshub they were loving the snow on the Crown Ranges. One said it was his son's first time seeing it.

"It's pretty exciting mate, for an Australian, it's magical, unreal," one man says.

"Two days ago we were sitting in 27 degrees," another told Newshub.


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First significant snow of the season hits Maine, up to one foot deep - 6 feet deep drifts on Mount Washington, New Hampshire

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Several crashes blamed on slippery roads were reported Wednesday morning.

Parts of Maine have received their first significant snowfall of the season.

According to the National Weather Service, Rangeley received 5 inches, Sherman 7 inches, and Patten 6.5 inches. The NWS in Gray also cites social media's report of 12 inches in Upton.

Police reported several accidents on slippery roads.