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  • Icon_camera Near decade-high snow dump on Mount Hotham

    Created Tue, 24th of Aug 2010

    Mount Hotham has recorded its highest August snowfalls in almost a decade. Just over 140 centimetres of snow has fallen this month, with 51 centimetres recorded in the past seven days. It is the ... more

  • 1,200 NZ skiers still stranded

    Created Fri, 13th of Aug 2010

    More than 1,000 skiers, including 300 children, have slept on the top of Mount Hutt in a cafeteria after wild weather forced the closure of the ski field. In conditions described as horrendous, ... more

  • Deadly cold snap hits Latin America

    Created Wed, 21st of Jul 2010

    Dozens of people are reported to have died from hypothermia as a cold snap sweeps across several countries in Latin America. In Argentina, 33 people died as temperatures dropped down to around -14 ... more

  • Icon_camera Woman dies as storms, snow sweep across Victoria

    Created Thu, 17th of Jun 2010

    A woman has died after she was hit by a falling tree at Woori Yallock, east of Melbourne, as heavy storms swept across the state. An Ambulance Victoria spokesman says the woman was hit by a tree ... more

  • Icon_camera Storms, snow sweep across Victoria

    Created Thu, 17th of Jun 2010

    Wild weather including rain, hail and high winds is sweeping across Victoria this morning. Weather bureau duty forecaster Rod Dickson says the front hit the western district about two hours ... more

  • Icon_camera Snowy start to Vic ski season

    Created Wed, 9th of Jun 2010

    The weather bureau is predicting snowfalls of around 10 centimetres and a maximum temperature of -1 Celsius in the Victorian Alps today. Narelle Clark from the Falls Creek Chamber of Commerce says ... more

  • Icon_camera Snow-covered NY grinds to a halt

    Created Sat, 27th of Feb 2010

    A record-breaking winter storm slammed New York and much of the US north-east, forcing businesses, schools and transportation systems to close. Commuters struggled in the absence of suburban train ... more

  • Eurostar trains ill-prepared for big freeze

    Created Fri, 12th of Feb 2010

    A probe has strongly criticised cross-Channel train operator Eurostar for failing to prepare its trains to cope with winter weather that led to breakdowns and mass disruption in December. Eurostar ... more

  • Washington snowed in after monster blizzard

    Created Fri, 12th of Feb 2010

    Battered residents across the eastern United States seaboard have been digging their way out after record snowfalls paralysed the region. The blizzard affected tens of millions of people and has ... more

  • Washington smacked by another blizzard

    Created Thu, 11th of Feb 2010

    America's major eastern cities are again being hit by a massive snow storm that is likely to break century-old records. Americans are calling it "snowvakill" and it is delivering winds above 60 ... more

  • Icon_camera Antarctic snow linked to WA dry

    Created Mon, 8th of Feb 2010

    Scientists have discovered a link between the ongoing drought in the south western corner of Australia and increased snowfall in parts of Antarctica. Dr Tas van Ommen of the Australian Antarctic ... more

  • Washington freezes under record snowfall

    Created Mon, 8th of Feb 2010

    Washington DC is starting to dig itself out from under yesterday's record snowfall but 100,000 homes in the region are still without power. The US capital is still crippled by the massive ... more

  • Icon_camera 'Snowmageddon' kills 2 in US

    Created Sun, 7th of Feb 2010

    A huge blizzard dumped a blanket of thick snow over the US east coast, paralysing the region and snapping power lines to thousands of people as hazardous roads killed at least two. The monster ... more

  • Lightning hits planes as storms lash California

    Created Thu, 21st of Jan 2010

    Two Los Angeles-bound passenger jets were struck by lightning but touched down safely as southern California was pummelled by its heaviest storms in years. Both planes - Southwest Airlines flights ... more

  • Alps sprinkled with summer snow

    Created Mon, 18th of Jan 2010

    Flurries of snow have been falling all morning in the Australian alps after a cold front forced temperatures to drop to below zero. The weather bureau's Stephen King says there have been some ... more

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