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The sound of ice
This is how 45mm new black ice sounds like. Don't forget to put on the sound.
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Heavy snow shuts down Eiffel Tower weeks after abnormal rainfall soaked Paris
After drying out from near-record rainfall that swamped Paris last month, the French capital awoke this morning to a white blanket of snowfall thick enough to shut down the famed Eiffel Tower. Around 5 inches of snow has fallen there in the past 24 hours, according to French official weather service Meteo France.
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Record Snowfall Blankets Moscow
Snow carpets the Russian capital bringing down more than 2,000 trees, with the loss of one life.
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A ski jacket that actively gets rid of sweat
To keep the body warm and dry during winter sports, high-performance clothing is a must. The demands on these textiles are high, as a person sweats up to one liter per hour on his upper body alone when skiing. A new technology, co-developed by a team of Empa scientists, helps athletes sweating by actively transporting moisture away from the body and to the outside. This is possible because ultra-thin layers of gold in the fabric are electrified.
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Floods, Record Warmth, High Winds: It’s the Winter of 2018
When it comes to extreme weather, Europe—typically more placid than North America—has been giving its western counterpart a run for its money over the past month.
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Heavy Snowfall Leaves Thousands Stranded in the Alps
Thousands of people have been stranded by heavy snowfall at ski resorts in the Alps, with many unable to return home following skiing holidays. Train lines and roads to Zermatt in Switzerland and St Anton in Austria have been blocked off, and authorities are asking people to remain in their accommodation for safety reasons.
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Woman Found Dead In Snow-Covered Car After a Week
Police announced that a woman was found in car, which was covered in snow, a week after she died inside. Authorities are saying they do not suspect any foul play was involved, the Chicago Tribune reported. The woman, who was in her 60s, is thought to have entered the car on the driver’s side, slumped over, and died sometime before the recent snowfall in the area took place on Jan. 14 and 15, police said.
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Where it's about to plunge to -67C
Temperatures on a mountain in New Hampshire could fall so low you risk getting frostbite in a couple of minutes.
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Massive storm roars into East Coast; record cold to follow
A massive winter storm roared into the East Coast on Thursday, threatening to dump as much as 18 inches of snow from the Carolinas to Maine and unleashing hurricane-force winds and flooding that closed schools and offices and halted transportation systems.
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Nor'easter to unleash heavy snow from DC to Boston as Winter strikes back
A major nor'easter threatens to shut down travel due to heavy snow and strong winds from Washington, D.C., to New York City and Boston early this week.
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Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, predicts 6 more weeks of winter
Punxsutawney Phil made his famous weather prediction Thursday morning, emerging from his burrow to see his shadow. That means, according to Groundhog Day tradition, the U.S. will brave another six weeks of winter. The groundhog, emerging from a sleep, squealed as he was pulled from his burrow about 7:15 a.m. He was hoisted into the air and placed on a stump before his official prognostication was made.
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Ice skating above underwater prison
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How to Prepare for Winter Driving
It's never too late to start prepping your car for winter. You don't want to wait until the weatherman calls for 6 inches of snow to fill your car with essential items. This handy graphic gives you multiple checklists to keep you prepared and safe this winter, as well as offers helpful winter driving safety tips that both experienced and novice drivers can benefit from. Stay safe this winter.
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Another Quebec town turns to beet juice to battle icy roads
In an effort to reduce its ecological footprint, Cowansville, Que., has added a little beet juice into its road salt mix, in a move that's meant to save money and protect the environment.
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Winter Storm Watches and Warnings Issued as Winter Storm Helena Poised to Spread Snow, Ice Into the South U.S.
Southern snow is ahead. Here is what you need to know.
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Package deliverers watching the wintry skies
Dear Mother Nature... Some of us just got around to ordering our presents. You mind maybe holding off on the white stuff for a couple of days until they get where they are going? Maybe we're fretting needlessly about the holiday gifts. The folks who deliver the goodies say they have it under control. United Parcel Service has a team of five meteorologists keeping up with the latest weather. If there is a storm that might affect deliveries, the weather people talk with UPS's contingency team and reroute packages.
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Kid uses his "hoverboard" to shovel snow
No bad, kid.
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This Massive Slow Motion Pile Up in Montreal Is Mesmerizing
Busses, cars, police, plows. Nothing can tame this quebecois slope!
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Why Canadians Drink more Coffee than most People in the World
Canadians love their coffee, much more so than most other people in the world. In a 2015 survey of 80 countries, Canada ranked third highest for the amount of brewed coffee.
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An Italian cannon still stands on Cresta Croce.
Located on a 3,000-meter-high ridge in the Alps. One of many artifacts, including mummified soldiers. Check out the source of more info.
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