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Snow blankets Sea of Japan coast - over 1.8 meters (70 inches) dumped on Niigata Prefecture

Heavy snow over wide areas of Japan
Heavy snow over wide areas of Japan
Heavy snow has blanketed mountainous areas of eastern and western Japan, mainly on the Sea of Japan coast.

The Meteorological Agency says the snowfall is due to a winter pressure pattern and a strong cold air mass.

As of 6 AM Sunday, more than 1.8 meters of snow had accumulated in the town of Yuzawa in central Japan's Niigata Prefecture.


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Emergency in Bulgaria's Smolyan district enters second day after heavy snowfall

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© Bulgarian Ministry of Defence
Twenty military personnel from Bulgaria's 101st Alpine Regiment were continuing to provide assistance to the population of the Smolyan district on January 27, the second day of a state of emergency in the region because of heavy snowfall.

Bulgaria's Defence Ministry said that the regiment resumed operations on Sunday morning to clea the road from Smolyan to the Prevala mountain pass, where the snow cover was about 60cm.

On January 26, the regiment assisted in clearing the road from the St Panteleimon monastery near Smolyan to the bus station in Bulgaria's Pamporovo ski resort. They retrieved stranded cars and cleared the roadway of snow and fallen trees.

On Saturday, Pamporovo was effectively cut off by the snow, while another of Bulgaria's major resorts, Bansko, the gondola lift was closed throughout the day. Conditions in Bansko were considerably better on Sunday.


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Icy blast reminds US forecasters of 2014 'polar vortex,' with the worst still to come

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© Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via Associated PressChicago's lakefront is frozen over Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. The National Weather Service had a wind chill warning in effect until 12 p.m. Friday for counties in northwestern and north central Illinois.
An arctic blast spread painful cold across the Midwest on Friday, closing schools, opening warming centers and even intimidating ice fishermen in a taste of the even more dangerous weather expected next week.

Forecasters called it a replay of the "polar vortex" that bludgeoned the U.S. in 2014 - and maybe even colder, with wind chills by midweek as much as 45 below in Chicago.

"We're going to be feeling it big time," Jeff Masters, meteorology director at the private Weather Underground, said. "It's going to be the coldest air in five years."

For much of middle America, the leading edge was bad enough. Cold weather advisories were in effect Friday from North Dakota to Ohio, with dangerously cold wind chills that could dip to as low as 45 below zero (negative 42 Celsius) in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota and to 35 below (negative 37 Celsius) in parts of northern Illinois and Iowa.

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Cold wave sweeps northwestern Tunisia - snow blocks 31 roads

Local authorities clear a road blocked by snowfall in Tunisia on January 25, 2019
© AFPLocal authorities clear a road blocked by snowfall in Tunisia on January 25, 2019
A freezing cold wave ravaged 24 provinces of Tunisia in the last two days with 31 roads blocked by snowfall and rains, the National Guard spokesman told local press on Friday.

In the northwest of the country, dozens of roads had been closed until new orders from security units, said Houssem Jbabli.

Heavy snowfall interrupted the traffic in the northwestern provinces of Jendouba, Kef, Beja and Siliana, where authorities decided to close all schools and universities, he added.


Comment: Elsewhere in North Africa: Flooding kills five in snow-hit Algeria


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Deadly storm slams Italy, Balkan Peninsula, Turkey with heavy rain and snow

10 metres snow drifts near Muş, Turkey on Jan 24th.
10 metres snow drifts near Muş, Turkey on Jan 24th.
At least two people were killed in the the violent storm, that will impact much of the Balkan Peninsula and Turkey into this weekend.

There is the potential that this storm could be distinguished as a medicane, a more tropical-like cyclone moving through the Mediterranean Sea.

Snow is expected to fall from the Dinaric Alps into the interior Balkan Peninsula before expanding northward into eastern Poland, Belarus and western Ukraine.

The heaviest snow fell in the higher elevations of Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo during the beginning of the storm.

Heavy snow continues to expand across most of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and northeast Albania into Saturday with widespread snowfall of 8-15 cm (3-6 inches). The hardest hit lower elevations can expect up to 30 cm (12 inches) with mountainous locations receiving up to 60 cm (24 inches) of total snowfall by Saturday night.



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Flooding kills five in snow-hit Algeria

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Deep snow in north Algeria, Jan 24th
While the victims were retrieved over the last 48 hours, around 100 people have been rescued in the last 24 hours in more than 17 areas.

Algeria's civil protection unit said on Saturday that five people died after being swept away by flood waters as a cold snap in the Maghreb brought snow to several of the country's regions. "All the victims have been retrieved over the last 48 hours after being swept away by waters in Annaba, El Tarf, Tizi Ouzou and Tipaza," the civil protection body said.


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135-yr-old snowfall record broken in New York

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© Jack Haley/Messenger Post MediaStill cleaning up from the weekend storm in Clifton Springs on Monday afternoon. Heavy winds pushed snow around and filled in driveways and made driving difficult in some spots.
First came the snow, which stormed into the Finger Lakes region Saturday night and left Sunday.

Like an unwanted party guest, the bitter cold stayed behind. A wind-chill advisory was to expire at 7 a.m Tuesday in Ontario, Wayne, Monroe, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming counties, as a red alert was put in place Monday throughout the area for wind chills around -20 to -25 degrees at times.

But it's still cold.

Looking back, total snowfall added up to 20 inches in parts of Western New York and the entire area has seen more than a foot of total snowfall. A daily record snowfall for Jan. 19 was broken Saturday with 7.8 inches of accumulation, beating the previous record of 6.3 inches set in 1884.

But it could have been worse - the city of Canandaigua only had one weather-related first responder's call.

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Ice Age Farmer Report: NEW STUDY: "Rethink" global warming - Shrinkflation rampant

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50% Italy's seasonal crop lost to frosts. Shrinkflation is rampant in UK, Australia. A new study indicates "We must rethink global warming" after demonstrating that aerosols cause significant global cooling." Christian breaks it down.


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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Power prices spike up 4X - Coldest in a century across Canada

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Power prices up 4X as Texas experiences extreme cold and record power demand, at the same time Quebec government asking people to turn down the heat as power demand exceeds supply as -50F temperatures make it the coldest January in over 100 years. Ottawa and Quebec break 100 year cold and temperature records.


Comment: Wild Canadian winter: 11 feet of snow, days of -65C windchill


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Heavy snow hits the Pyrenees - up to 70cm ( 27 inches) of snow in 24 hours

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The Pyrenees are seeing some of their biggest snowfalls for three months.

The French resort of Cauterets reports 50-70cm of fresh snow has fallen in the past 24 hours and other ski areas in the region have reported 30-40cm accumulations so far this morning.

Currently, there are blizzard conditions in many areas and some ski centres are closing their slopes for the day.

"The Cirque du Lys ski area is closed for the day due to strong winds and high avalanche risk following the accumulation of 50 to 70 cm of snow since that night," a Cauterets statement reads.

The new snow follows heavy snow on Sunday/Monday meaning resorts have had up to 65cm (26 inches) of snow in the past 72 hours.