Tag: blizzard

Fierce winter weather slams US, dozens dead

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Unrelenting storms have pummelled the United States over the past week, leading to at least 50 weather-related deaths, officials and US media reported Friday, as large swathes of the country brace for new winter wallops. Frigid temperatures, snow gales and thick ice have caused fatal accidents on treacherous roadways, snarled air travel, closed schools and cut power to thousands, with millions of Americans under fresh weather warnings. In Tennessee, 14 weather-related fatalities […]

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Snow ‘bomb’ unleashes blizzard on eastern US

Blinding snow whipped up by near-hurricane force winds pummeled the eastern United States on Saturday, as one of the strongest winter storms in years triggered severe weather alerts, transport chaos and power outages across a region of some 70 million people. With multiple blizzard warnings in effect, cities like New York and Boston bore the brunt of the storm, which the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed Saturday morning had intensified into a “bomb cyclone” — […]

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Blizzard warning issued for Hawaii’s highest mountains

by Alfred Acenas (EBC Hawaii-Pacific) Eagle News Service HONOLULU (Eagle News) – The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a blizzard warning for Hawaii’s Big Island summits at Mauna Kea (13,803 feet or 4,207 meters) and Mauna Loa (13,681 feet or 4,170 meters). The said warning will remain in effect until 6:00am Hawaii time on Sunday, December 5 (12:00am Philippine time, December 6). Under blizzard conditions, travelers to the peaks can expect snow accumulations upwards […]

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Winter storm hits northeast US, halting over 2,500 flights

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The second winter storm in less than a week struck the northeastern United States Wednesday, with around 2,500 flights canceled as the region braced for heavy snow. Around 550 flights arriving and departing from John F Kennedy International Airport — nearly 42 percent of the total scheduled — were canceled by 7:00 pm (2400 GMT), along with 700 flights from New Jersey’s Newark airport and also from La Guardia, […]

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WHO warns of “health risks” for vulnerable sectors in areas affected by extreme cold in Europe

  (Eagle News) – The World Health Organization warned that the wave of extremely cold weather now affecting Europe this week posed “health risks” as the number of deaths due to the deadly blizzards in the region rose to more than 55. A news release from WHO said that the temperatures are even “expected to plunge below average in western European Russia, central Europe, the Balkans and the Baltic States.” This means that the death […]

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Deadly blizzards lash Europe, air travel disrupted by snow

PARIS, France (AFP) — Heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards lashed Europe Thursday, forcing airports to cancel or delay flights around the continent, as a deep freeze gripped countries from the far north to Mediterranean beaches in the south. The snowstorms, unusual for much of Europe at this time of year, left roads blocked, thousands of drivers stranded and schools shut, with weather agencies predicting the biting cold would continue in parts of the region at […]

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Europe braced for fresh blizzards as deadly ice blast strands travellers

by Katy Lee Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Fresh heavy snowfalls and icy blizzards were expected to lash Europe Thursday as the region shivers in a deadly deep-freeze that has gripped countries from the far north to the Mediterranean south. Schools are shut and weather agencies predict the brutal cold will continue as the death toll from the freezing snap rose to around 48 since last Friday, with icy conditions causing accidents and […]

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State of emergency declared in parts of US due to Winter Storm Stella

by Jennie MATTHEW Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Large swaths of the United States East Coast declared a state of emergency, cancelled flights and shut schools as millions braced for potentially the worst winter storm of the season with up to two feet of snow forecast to fall. Winter Storm Stella is expected to begin overnight with accumulation becoming most intense Tuesday morning, combined with winds of up to 60 miles per […]

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North Japan keeps shoveling heavy snow

  (Reuters) — Residents of northern Japan struggled on Monday (January 16) shoveling snow off rooftops and outside their homes after a winter storm dumped up to two meters (6.56 ft) of snow. The Blizzard hit northern and some central Japanese area since Friday (January 13) causing disruption of public transport across Japan and forced the authorities to issue warning over safety concerns. Japan’s NHK reported a 61-year-old man in Niigata Prefecture was trapped under […]

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Blizzard pelts U.S. Northern Plains, closing highways

NORTH DAKOTA, United States (Reuters) — Below-freezing temperatures, snow and icy roads menaced the U.S. Northern Plains on Monday, (December 26) forcing North Dakota and South Dakota to close major highways and warn people to remain indoors due to a winter storm that also swept across much of the Midwest. Rain and freezing rain also were possible over parts of the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest, where winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings were […]

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Blizzard hits northern Japan

YOICHI and CHITOSE, Japan (Reuters) — Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido is in the midst of one of the worst snowstorm in years, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Tuesday (March 1). The agency recorded winds of up to 40 meters (131 feet) per second or 144 kilometers (90 miles) per hour in the morning. Media reports said more than 40 centimeters (15 inches) of snow were expected by early Wednesday (March 2). Residents were […]

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Monster snowstorm cuts power supply in Maryland

  A BLIZZARD swept across the entire eastern part of the United States starting Friday afternoon, killing 17 people and paralyzing traffic and power supply in some of the worst-hit areas nearby Washington D.C. The blizzard is the most severe ever since 1922. In the county of Montgomery of the State of Maryland, the monster snowstorm cut power supply to 288 households and weighed down houses in a community. “This is horrible. We got no […]

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