Category Frost Alert

Record Snowfall Freezes Northeastern B.C. Grain Harvest

Rick Kantz of the B.C. Grain Producers Association says snow has forced farmers across the Peace region in northeastern B.C to leave anywhere between 10 to 20 per cent of their crop in the fields. (Dave Gilson/CBC) A record snowfall…

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,…