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Rain, wind warnings issued for Metro Vancouver

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© CBCThe heavy rains and strong winds will continue as a deep Pacific low pressure system moving across the region.
Environment Canada has issued a strong winds and heavy rain warning for Metro Vancouver, as wind on west Vancouver Island is expected to reach speeds of up to 100 km/h.

In a special weather alert, the agency warns that between 30 and 40 mm of rain are expected on Thursday, while southwesterly winds could reach speeds of 90 km/h in Metro Vancouver.

Meanwhile, wind warnings are also in place for Greater Victoria, Inland Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands, where gusts are expected to reach a similar speed.

Environment Canada has also issued a wind warning for west Vancouver Island, ahead of very strong winds, gusting up to 100 km/h.

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Met Office issues severe weather warning - heaviest and most persistent over southwest Scotland

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The Met Office is predicting heavy rain and gales for the north-east.
A severe weather warning has been issued for the north-east as torrential rain continues to hit the region. The Met Office has warned people living in Grampian to "be prepared" for the risk of flooding and treacherous conditions on the road and issued an "amber" warning for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

The rain is expected to continue throughout the rest of the day, overnight and into tomorrow. A forecaster said: "This will be heaviest and most persistent over southwest Scotland, and the southern Highlands from Argyll across to Angus. The rain will gradually clear from the west later on Friday."The public should be prepared for the risk of localised flooding and potential disruption to transport, particularly within the Amber area."

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Rome on high alert amid severe weather - rainfall up to 110 millimetres in 24 hours expected

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Heavy rainfalls and strong winds have hit Rome since Wednesday night and hundreds of schools remained closed on Thursday after a severe weather warning was issued by local authorities. The whole capital city and surrounding areas were put on the highest alert, as more rainfalls up to 110 millimetres in 24 hours were expected, according to Italian civil protection's forecast.

Rome always proved to be particularly susceptible to flooding in case of heavy rains, given its old water network and infrastructures. Major traffic disruption was registered on Thursday morning. At least four major metro stations were flooded by rains and shut, and water swamped several roads in the historical centre and other districts.

The main highways to and from the city were also flooded, and the Rome's ring road GRA was jammed with traffic.

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2 metres of heavy snowfall in Turkey - 36 village roads closed

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50 cm (20 inches) of snow in Artvin. On a plateau near Rize a car was stuck in 2 meters of snow.

According to Special Provincial Administration teams, the snow was 50 cm (20 inches) deep in higher elevations.

A written statement from the General Directorate of Meteorology asked citizens to be cautious due to the expected heavy snowfall in some provinces. It warned: 'Heavy Snow Coming!'

Artvin, Ardahan and northern districts of Rize and Erzurum expected heavy snowfall in the higher parts.

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Maine snowstorm: 80,000+ still without power two days after a wicked Fall snowstorm knocked out electricity in Maine

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Utility crews continued to restore power across Maine Tuesday, two days after a wicked fall snowstorm knocked out electricity to a bulk of customers along the state's mid-coast.

While the number of customers without power dropped below 50,000 by evening, the outages forced election officials to make alternative plans for several polling places for Tuesday's midterm election.

There was also one death attributed to the snowstorm. Troopers say a Lubec woman died when her pickup truck went off the road and overturned in the Washington County town of Trescott. They said 28-year-old Danielle Moores lost control of her pickup truck about 6:30 p.m. Sunday during the heavy snow from the weekend storm. The truck came to rest on its roof in a bog. Moores died at the scene.

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Alaska's Aleutian Islands targeted from remnant of Typhoon Nuri as 'intense Sea Storm possible'

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While the former Super Typhoon Nuri sent meteorological jaws dropping earlier this week, its remnant may have another impressive chapter in store in the Bering Sea and Alaska's Aleutian Islands. The remnant of Typhoon Nuri is expected to join up with the polar jet stream and a very strong disturbance in the mid-latitude belt of westerly winds, as highlighted above.

Forecasts from both the European (ECMWF) and American (GFS) computer models continue to predict an extremely powerful non-tropical storm to develop from this merger over the Bering Sea, near the western Aleutian Islands of Alaska Friday into Saturday.

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Hurricane-force wind storm sweeps through Swiss Alps

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© Switzerland TourismTitlis mountain lift โ€” closed for maintenance.
Hurricane-force winds swept through the Swiss Alps early on Tuesday registering as high as 187 kilometres per hour in the canton of Obwalden, weather services reported.

This wind speed was recorded at Titlis, a 3,238-metre mountain in the Uri Alps, Meteo Group and SRF Meteo said in news releases.

The high winds are due to a Foehn storm that began battering higher elevations late on Monday.

There were no reports of substantial damage.

Titlis is home to Europe's highest suspension bridge, a 500-metre-long foot bridge at 3,041 metres above sea level, 500 metres above the ground.

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Another shot of cold air, snow to hit Midwest and Eastern U.S.

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Another shot of cold air will follow a fast-moving storm forecast to sweep from the Midwest to the East during the second half of the week.

People from the Midwest to the East will need an array of outdoor gear into next week.

Before the chill hits, temperatures will moderate during the first part of the week over much of the eastern half of the nation.

Conditions will be favorable for storm cleanup early this week around the Chicago Lakefront and at midweek in northern New England. Waves washed over Lake Shore Drive in Chicago following a blast of snow on Halloween. Record snow amounts buried New England as the same storm pushed off the coast and ramped up. The milder air will also make raking leaves a little less painful from the Midwest to the Appalachians and Northeast.

The storm later this week will not be as strong as the system that hit the Midwest and East this past weekend. However, it will bring spotty rain and snow to parts of the northern Plains Wednesday then the Great Lakes on Thursday.

In the wake of the storm, winds will kick up, bringing in a quick dose of cold air and localized lake-effect snow to parts of the Upper Midwest.

Winds with the cold shot will not be as intense and more from the west in the wake of the storm around the Great Lakes. The southeastern shoreline of Lake Michigan will be hit with wave action, rather than Chicago during this round. The northwest flow will bring more lake-effect flurries and snow areas farther east over the Midwest when compared to this past weekend.

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South-eastern France hit by violent storms and floods once more

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© France TV infoSouth eastern France takes a hit from extreme weather
Some fifteen departments in south eastern France were on alert on Tuesday as storms swept through the region. Residents in the Ardeche were some of the hardest hit as rivers burst their banks.

Gale force winds and heavy rain lashed south eastern France on Tuesday leaving weather alerts in place for 15 departments.

On Monday night the severe weather caused havoc in the Ardeche department and left over 6,000 homes without power. Firefighters were called out nearly 100 times to deal with incidents.

"We have an enormous amount of damage, with walls collapsing onto roads," said deputy mayor of an Ardeche village Michel Aymard, who said it was the third time in two months the region had been hit by devastating floods.

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South of France under flood waters again
Southern France put on maximum storm alert, risk of flash-flooding


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Already an early U.S. winter? A foot of snow in Maine, record unprecedented early-season snow in South Carolina

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Up to a foot of snow has fallen in Maine from a storm system that earlier brought an unprecedented early-season snow to parts of South Carolina on the first day of November.

Bangor, Maine, reported 12 inches of snow as of 2:50 p.m. EST Sunday. Scroll down for more on the snow forecast for New England.

Snow was observed Saturday as far south and east as Charleston, South Carolina, the earliest flakes on record in the city. This occurred less than three days after a string of four straight days in the mid-upper 80s. Places like Folly Beach and downtown Charleston picked up a trace of snowfall.

Even more stunning were the snowfall amounts in the South Carolina Midlands. Up to 4.5 inches of snow fell in Red Bank, just west of Columbia. Red Bank is only about 350 feet above sea level.

A couple of inches of snow coated grassy areas and some roads near Greenville and Pelion, South Carolina. Power lines were downed in Greenville, Greenwood, and Lexington Counties due to the combination of strong winds and wet snow accumulations.

Comment: Record snowfall prompts road closures and evacuations from Great Smoky Mountains National Park