Category Ice Alert

Severe snow storms cuts power, closes roads and schools in New Zealand

Severe weather has closed roads and schools, cut power, disrupted flights and caused flooding in Otago, Southland and the West Coast. Methven out in the heavy snowfall. Photo: Twitter / @demileesinclair Temperatures plummeted as a deepening low moved across the…

Massive Polar Low Storm Brings Record Snowfall To Many Places In New Zealand

A massive storm far off the coast of New Zealand has left behind bitter cold weather in the country. Clear skies and calm weather from Marlborough to Wairarapa meant residents in central New Zealand experienced the worst of the cold…

Antarctic snow and ice storm blankets parts of New Zealand

The country experienced a wintry blast today with snow and ice blanketing parts of New Zealand and causing widespread disruption.   The Antarctic reached as far North as Hawke’s Bay, with a rare snowfall recorded in Napier.   Arrowtown, in…

Major winter storm blankets Boulder County, wreaks havoc on U.S. 36

Boulder County was blanketed Saturday by a blizzard that is anticipated to continue throughout Sunday and possibly leave the city with a total of up to 16 inches of snow.   As of 9 p.m. Saturday evening, Boulder had received…

Record Breaking Snow Strikes Italian Village

“It was a spectacle that took our breath away. In some parts of the village the snow was like a long white wall,” village mayor Antonio Monaco told the Italian news agency ANSA, as translated to English by the Telegraph.…