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Over 9 feet of snow at Hurricane Ridge, Washington (drifts of 14 feet)

Leah Leach
Peninsula Daily News
Sun, 28 Jan 2018 14:05 UTC
Fourteen-foot snow drifts were sculpted by high wind near the visitor center at Hurricane Ridge in the photograph taken Friday.
© Sarah Crosier/National Park ServiceFourteen-foot snow drifts were sculpted by high wind near the visitor center at Hurricane Ridge in the photograph taken Friday.
Too much of a good thing kept the Hurricane Ridge Road closed Friday and Saturday, with more snow predicted this week.

More than 9 feet of snow — 112 inches — was measured at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Ridge snow stake, according to the park road and weather phone line at 360-565-3131.

The road was closed Friday as park crews worked to clear it and the Ridge parking lot — where high winds sculpted snow into 14-foot drifts — of heavy snowfall, according to park spokeswoman Penny Wagner.

It remained closed at the Heart O'the Hills entrance station on Saturday because of heavy snow and high winds, according to the recorded message on the road and weather line.
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Heavy snowfall shuts schools and airports in Tehran, Iran


Iran Front Page
Sat, 27 Jan 2018 21:02 UTC
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Heavy snowfall in Iran's capital has shut the two main airports of the city while the authorities have announced that all schools across Tehran will also be closed on Sunday.

Imam Khomeini Airport's runway has been closed due to heavy snowfall and attempts are made to clear the runway at Mehrabad Airport in central Tehran.

Since mid-January until now, some Iranian cities have witnessed rainfall and snowfall despite the fact that the country as a whole is facing lack of rainfall and precipitation since the start of the raining season compared to last year.

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Winter storm delivers snow to Saudi Arabia and Lebanon (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)


The National
Sat, 27 Jan 2018 15:30 UTC
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Residents in Saudi shared photos of the rare covering of snow

It isn't all sunshine and sand in the Middle East, especially in northern Saudi Arabia which has been on the receiving end of a wintry blast this weekend.

The wintry weather arrived in the kingdom on Friday, bringing a covering of snow to the Tabuk region.

Residents were quick to share their pictures of the wintry scenes on social media.

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Thousands in need of emergency relief as extreme cold and heavy snow batter communities in central Atlas regions of Morocco

APO
CNBC Africa.
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:46 UTC
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Oukaïmeden, Morocco
Heavy snow and unusual, extreme cold weather in January has cut off thousands from major transport routes in Morocco's High and Middle Atlas regions, raising the risk of food shortages and dangerous living conditions for the affected communities.

The combination of heavy snow and temperatures dropping as low as -5° C has caused water supply shortages, power outages, lack of heating and damage to homes. As food supplies dwindle farmers have reported loss of livestock, prompting a surge in food prices.

More than 100 volunteers and staff from the Moroccan Red Crescent have been deployed to central mountainous provinces to provide emergency transport and medical assistance as well as to distribute food, blankets and supplies. The Moroccan Red Crescent assistance is part of the Government's response to support 700,000 people affected by the cold wave.


Comment: See also: Snow blocks 5,000 kilometers of roads in Morocco

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Fantastic frozen waterfalls formed in northwest China following days of snow (VIDEO)


CCTV Plus
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:19 UTC
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Fantastic frozen waterfalls have formed in northwest China after days of lingering snowfall.

The incredible spectacle is seen in a valley in Xunyi County of Shaanxi Province, where it has been snowing for days. The frozen waterfalls cling closely to the three stonewalls at the end of the valley through the winding, precipitous trench.

The valley is one of the Guanjiadong grottoes which are typical of the Danxia landform -- various landscapes which feature red beds and steep cliffs usually found in east, southwest and northwest China.

The frozen waterfalls, formed in different shapes and sizes, look like beautiful stalactites, an uncanny workmanship of the nature attracting large number of shutterbugs and tourists.

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Blizzard wreaks havoc across Central, Eastern China

Du Caicai and Li Rongde
Caixin
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:06 UTC
Airport crews remove snow from an airplane at Changzhou airport, in Jiangsu province, on Jan. 25, 2018.
© VCGAirport crews remove snow from an airplane at Changzhou airport, in Jiangsu province, on Jan. 25, 2018. A blizzard caused flight and train delays Thursday and Friday across much of central and eastern China.
A blizzard sweeping across central and eastern China since Thursday has led to cancellations and delays of dozens of flights and high-speed train services.

Up to 20 centimeters (7.87 inches) of snow had fallen by 5 a.m. Friday on southern parts of Henan province, northwest Hubei, southwestern parts of Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang province and Shanghai, according to China's Central Meteorological Administration.

In Shanghai, the first heavy snow to hit the metropolis this winter forced the city's two airports, Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Hongqiao Airport, to cancel 138 flights - nearly 12% of scheduled flights - by 6p.m on Thursday., according to the city's airport authority. Seven more were delayed by at least two hours. Another 70 flights out of Shanghai had been cancelled by midday Friday.

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Inner Mongolia village hits 50 degrees Celsius below zero

Catherine Lai
Hong Kong Free Press
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:33 UTC
This photo taken on January 24, 2018 shows ice forming on the face of a Chinese sanitation worker on a cold winter day in Hulun Buir, northern China’s Inner Mongolia region.
© AFPThis photo taken on January 24, 2018 shows ice forming on the face of a Chinese sanitation worker on a cold winter day in Hulun Buir, northern China’s Inner Mongolia region.
Temperatures in parts of Inner Mongolia have reached -50.2 degrees Celsius, according to the Inner Mongolia Weather Bureau.

The temperature of -50.2 degrees Celsius was recorded on Thursday morning in Jinhezhen, a village in the northeast of China, near its border with Russia. The village had experienced temperatures below minus 47 degrees for several days.

The weather bureau said that a bout of cold weather swept into the region since the beginning of this week, and on Tuesday and Wednesday, temperatures across the region reached record lows.

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Alpine resorts buried in the snow (PHOTOS)

Patrick Thorne
inthesnow.com
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:22 UTC
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As the skies clear following one of the snowiest Januaries on record in the Alps, great images are appearing of vehicles, buildings and other structures buried in the snow.

There are various claims that, after three winters with little snowfall at the start, this is the snowiest start to a season for 20, 30 or 40 years - one resort is comparing this with the winter of 1948.

Here are some of the best images we've seen:
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Storm dumps foot of snow in northern California - Heavenly Ski Resort receives 18 inches - More of the same to come (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Benjy Egel
The Sacramento Bee
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:14 UTC
Employees dig out Alpine Meadows on January 25, 2018 after receiving over a foot of snow.
© Courtesy Alpine MeadowsEmployees dig out Alpine Meadows on January 25, 2018 after receiving over a foot of snow.
Ski resorts such as Tahoe Donner, Sugar Bowl and Kirkwood all reported at least a foot of snow from the storm that began passing through Northern California on Wednesday morning, and up to an additional 12 inches is expected before conditions dry out Friday.

Heavenly Ski Resort reported 18 inches of snow as of 7:30 a.m. Thursday, driving its seven-day total up to 38 inches. But regional winds up to 60 mph forced Heavenly to shut six routes down Wednesday, per the resort's Twitter account, and made driving difficult in high elevations.

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Tokyo hit with lowest recorded temperature in 48 years

May Masangkay
Japan Times
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:17 UTC
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As cold air blanketed wide areas of the nation on Thursday morning, the mercury in central Tokyo fell to a low of minus 4 degrees Celsius, the capital's lowest figure in 48 years.

The bitter cold Wednesday - coming just days after the city's heaviest snowfall in four years - prompted the Meteorological Agency to issue a low temperature advisory for the 23 wards for the first time in over three decades. Shigeki Kawaguchi, an official of the agency's weather consultation center, said a similar warning was last issued in late January 1985.

An advisory of this kind is issued when water inside pipes might freeze or pipes might rupture - or when crops might be damaged - according to the agency.

Comment: Japan has been getting hit rather hard this winter. Tokyo recently just had the biggest snowfall in years, and the combination of snow and freezing cold has seen the most busiest day for ambulance calls in 80 years. Some global warming we have!

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