Category Cold Alert

Severe Blizzard Traps Dozens Of People At Ski Resort In New Zealand

Blizzard conditions have trapped 30 people in lodges and huts and forced the evacuation of dozens of others from Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand.   The mountain, in the Tongariro National Park on the North Island, was closed on Sunday,…

State Of Emergency As Severe Winter Grips Peru

A state of emergency has been declared in the southern Peruvian Andes, where bitterly cold weather has killed thousands of animals, devastating the largely indigenous families that raise them.   The government has promised $3m in relief following the death…

Snow and wild storms sweep through Australia’s south-east

Arctic winds continue to sweep through parts of NSW and Victoria as part of a cold weather system that has caused wild storms and even snow fall across Australia’s south-eastern states About 5000 homes remain without power as South Australians…