At least three people were killed, multiple injuries and power outages were reported, and over 100 flights were canceled on Wednesday after a heavy snowstorm pelted the nation.
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said more than 24 centimeters (9.44 inches) of snow had battered Seoul and Gangwon as of 4 p.m. Gyeonggi received 22 centimeters of snow, and 14 centimeters of snow hit Incheon. Other provinces and Jeju Island had gotten 2.8 to 20.1 centimeters of snow.
The capital had received over 16 centimeters of snow as of 8 a.m., the city's highest daily snow accumulation in November since modern meteorological observation began in 1907.
In the Zaroslyak tract, snow cover of 70-80 cm was recorded at a temperature of -2°C. On Mount Pip Ivan Chornohirsky, the weather is cloudy with clearings, the temperature is +1°C.
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"As of 8:00 a.m. on November 25, 2024, it is cloudy in the Zaroslyak tract, snowing (snow cover is 70-80 cm), southwest wind 3-4 m/s, air temperature -2°C," the unit said.
As of 08:30, the weather on Mount Pip Ivan Chornohirsky was cloudy with clearings. North wind 6-7 m/s. The air temperature is +1°C.
The arrival of snow and freezing temperatures across central and eastern Türkiye is marking a significant start to the winter season. From Kayseri in the Central Anatolia region to Niğde in the heart of Türkiye, several cities have been blanketed in snow, with freezing temperatures reaching as low as minus 5 degrees Celsius (23 degrees Fahrenheit). Snow has caused disruptions, but it also brought a sense of excitement as the season's first snowfall set the stage for winter weather.
In Kayseri, at the beginning of the evening, the snow quickly covered rooftops, cars, streets, and parks in the city. With temperatures dropping to minus 5 degrees Celsius, the local authorities worked swiftly to clear roads, especially in the mountainous areas surrounding the city. The snow also affected Erciyes Mountain, a popular ski resort that saw significant snowfall at its higher altitudes.
In Yozgat, by morning, the city center was completely covered in white, and road crews were out clearing the streets. Local residents, shared their excitement, stating that they were happy to see the first snow and hoped it would continue throughout the season.
Storm Bert is battering the country with strong winds, heavy rain and snow and ice with amber warnings coming into force bringing a "potential risk to life and property".
Travel is widely disrupted with roads closed and some train routes cancelled throughout Saturday with rail companies urging passengers to avoid travelling to certain areas.
Winds of up to 68mph have been recorded and 13cm of snow has fallen in some parts of the country on Saturday morning, a Met Office spokesperson said, while 38 flood alerts are in place across the UK.
Some 200,000 homes remain without power in France, and many roads are severely disrupted due to poor traffic conditions caused by storm Caetano. Details by Elitsa Gadeva.
New research indicates there has been no reduction in sea ice in Antarctica's Robertson Bay (Ross Sea) during the last century. Instead, the frigid Little Ice Age and its expanded sea ice conditions continue unabated through the 20th and 21st centuries.
Between ~8000 and 3500 years before present the Antarctic ice sheet experienced several millennia of retreat and the sea ice extent surrounding the continent decreased throughout the Middle Holocene. For the next few millennia after that, or from about 3500 to 1500 years ago, the ice sheet and sea ice extent advanced to near modern levels.
"The East and West Antarctic ice sheets underwent rapid periods of retreat in the Ross Embayment, the continent's largest ice drainage basin, between 8 and 3.5 calkyr BP. Recent work shows that retreat was followed by a period of readvance and the ice sheets reached their modern configurations during the late Holocene."
Rare "white owl" snowy owl migrates south to Inner Mongolia for winter
A rare "white owl" recently appeared in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
This larger owl, whose scientific name is Snowy Owl, recently moved south to spend the winter in the southwest of Hulunbuir City. Although it looks a little cute, it is a ferocious hunter in the Arctic. They will settle in Europe, North America, northern Asia and other regions in winter, divide and defend their territories to the death, and migrate north in spring.
The snowy owl is a national second-level protected wild animal and is listed as a vulnerable species in the "International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Endangered Species".
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Sea ice around Antarctica has "slowly increased" since the start of continuous satellite recordings in 1979 with any changes caused by natural climate variation. In a paper published earlier this year, four environmental scientists further state that any sign that humans are responsible for any change is "inconclusive". Not of course for mainstream media that have been crying wolf about the sea ice in Antarctica for decades to promote the Net Zero fantasy. Last year there was a reduced level of winter sea ice and this caused the Financial Times Science Editor Clive Cookson to exclaim that the entire area "faces a catastrophic cascade of extreme environmental events... that will affect climate around the world".
Over the satellite record, the scientists note there was a "prolonged and gradual" expansion of sea ice to around 2014 followed by a short period of sudden decline from 2014-19. Growth was then resumed, although there was a temporary downturn around 2022. These variations, which can also be observed before 1979, were caused by a number of natural atmospheric and oceanic factors. All of this is known of course, with the EU weather service Copernicus admitting recently that sea ice extent as a whole "shows large year-to-year variability and no clear long-term trend since 1979". At the other end of the Earth, Copernicus correctly states that the cyclical decline in Arctic sea ice "has levelled off since 2007".
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The multi-day snowstorm that pounded Colorado will likely be written down in the November record books after some parts of the state recorded more than 4 feet of snow accumulation.
The system that slowly pushed its way through the state earlier this week dumped more than 19 inches of snow in parts of Denver over the past three days, according to the National Weather Service. The southeast area of the state was the hardest hit, with 54.9 inches recorded in the San Isabel area in the past 72 hours.
Here are the latest 72-hour snow totals reported to the National Weather Service as of Saturday:
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