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The sleety weather has embraced most parts of northwest China's Shaanxi Province since Saturday night, bringing the temperature down by around 10 degrees Celsius. Though the long-anticipated snow clad the region in silvery white, it caused numerous traffic difficulties for residents and with 50 centimeters of snow, some highways have been completely blocked.
On a key provincial highway located on the northern side of the Qinling Mountains, a tree collapsed because of the heavy snow and fell on a passing truck.
"I heard a 'bang' while driving. I did not know what it was and it just scared me. The truck swayed. I stopped the truck and got off to see what exactly happened. It was the fallen tree," said a truck driver.
Ron Murphy uploaded the time-lapse video of snow falling in Apalachin, N.Y., just as parts of the east coast were hit with heavy amounts of snow. The time-lapse was compiled from images taken once every minute.
"A persistent band of snow stayed over the house from about 2:30 am to this typing," Murphy wrote on YouTube. "At the end of the video the snow is about 19 inches. So there is a wall of snow between the camera and other stuff."
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Twitter user @john_kucko shared photos and video on the social media site showing the house completely encased in ice Sunday after being bombarded with five days of strong winds off Lake Ontario in freezing temperatures.
The Twitter user explained the house has no retaining wall, while the neighboring homes that lack thick ice coverings are protected by such structures.
"'Ice House' is real, folks. 5 days of wind whipped Lake Ontario in WNY will do that," he tweeted.
By 14:00 Saturday, the total snowfall in Nyalam, one of the heaviest hit counties, reached 89.2 millimeters. The depth of accumulated snow in the county reached 61 centimeters. Local residents and snowploughs all did their part to help clear away snow off roads and sidewalks.
Affected by the heavy snowstorm, the power supply in Nyalam and Gyirong counties were cut off.
Several sections of national highway 318 and national highway 219 in Shigatse City were put under traffic control.
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An extreme situation is developing for portions of our area as a MAJOR COASTAL STORM interrupts our usual daily routines on Tuesday...
A very strong winter storm could be life threatening for those who do not pay attention to safety precautions Tuesday morning. Low pressure developing off the Carolina coast this evening will become an intense storm as it moves east of New Jersey midday Tuesday.
Swaths of excessive precipitation will develop along and west of the track of the storm. Near blizzard conditions are likely for a few hours in eastern Pennsylvania and portions of northern New Jersey where snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour are expected.
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Morristown, Flemington, Somerville, Jim Thorpe, Stroudsburg, Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Honey Brook, Oxford, Collegeville,Pottstown, Chalfont, and Perkasie
Blizzard Warning In Effect From 8pm This Evening To 6pm EDT Tuesday
LOCATIONS...Eastern Pennsylvania and much of northern NewJersey.
HAZARD TYPES...Heavy snow and strong winds.
ACCUMULATIONS...Snow accumulation of 18 to 24 inches (45 to 60 cm.)
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© Elizabeth RauchA March 6 shot of Heavenly, after nearly two feet of snow had dumped over the weekend.
As of March 7, Northstar, Kirkwood and Heavenly have all collected between 600 and 612 inches.
It should be noted, however, that these aren't the only resorts piling on the powder. There are a total of 10 resorts in the region that have surpassed 600 inches this year. At a virtual tie, Mt. Rose and Sugar Bowl are leading the pack and nearing 700 inches. Mt. Rose is boasting 680 inches, while Sugar Bowl is just behind at 679.
© BRENDAN KERGIN / iNFOnews.caA truck plows a parking lot in Sahali as Kamloops residents dig out of a surprise snow storm March 8, 2017.
The vast majority of the snow arrived between 4 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Environment Canada meteorologist Alyssa Charbonneau says while only 3 centimetres were reported at the Kamloops Airport, she's seen unverified reports of up to 10 cm around the city.
"There was a line of heavy flurries that swept through the Kamloops and South Thompson area," she says. "It was quite intense and it was actually fairly localized."
The flurries hit Kamloops hard though, with streets slick with snow before crews could clear them. In the downtown area, Coun. Denis Walsh witnessed a pedestrian nearly crushed by a pickup truck after the driver lost control and slide sideways through the intersection at 3 Avenue and Seymour Street and into the building on the northeast corner of the intersection.
"The man pushed off the building," Walsh says. "He got his hand stuck by the truck, otherwise he'd be pasted up against the building."
SOTT Focus: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - February 2017: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs
Wildfires broke out in Eastern Australia and New Zealand while record rainfall inundated Western Australia. Major flooding also hit several South American nations including Chile, Peru and Colombia.
There are at least 30 active volcanoes around the world right now, including a really impressive one in Guatemala. Massive earth cracks opened in Pakistan and Italy.
These are just some of the chaotic events we present in this month's Sott 'Earth Changes' video compilation.
