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China, South Korea face extreme winter
In many areas, temperatures dropped to 12-16 degrees Celsius while strong winds and heavy snow continued to fall.
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Scene appears in Seoul after 117 years, a series of warnings are issued
More than 20cm of snow covered many areas in Seoul (South Korea) on November 27, causing traffic disruption.
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The thickest snow fell in the century, Moscow sunk in the white winter
Russia's capital, Moscow, has experienced the thickest snowy day in more than a century with white-flooded roads and struggling cars because of low visibility.
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A series of cars disappeared because of the record phenomenon in the US city
A Christmas storm hit the snow record in Erie, Pennsylvania, the United States and surrounding areas.
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America sinks in a snowstorm: Snow-covered airport, more than 4,000 flights are canceled
In New York City, USA, John F. Kennedy International Airport has almost stalled because of heavy snow cover as well as ice appearing in many areas causing many flights t…
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Heavy snowfall on Chinese streets is unusually mid-autumn
Many places in northern China have just picked up the first fall of snow after cold air spilled down, causing the temperature to drop suddenly.
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The US declared a state of emergency due to snow storms
The US declared a state of emergency in five states, before the snowstorm fell in Washington DC and affected regions from the Mid-Atlantic to New England on weekends.
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The area of the US capital of Washington is sunk in ice
With up to 50-60cm of snow pouring down on the night of February 12, most of the operations in Washington and two neighboring states, Virginia and Maryland, were paralyz…
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Snowstorm in Japan injured more than 1,600 people
On February 16, Japanese media reported snow storms that killed 12 people, injured 1,650 and stopped most of the country's traffic activities.
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The number of people killed by snowstorms in Japan continues to increase
More than 6,900 people have been stranded in residential areas due to heavy snowfall that clogs both roads and railways, and transporting gasoline to gas stations is als…
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Many states in the US are severely affected by snowstorms
On December 8, a big blizzard accompanied by hail stormed many US states, causing traffic congestion and large outages and seriously affecting people's lives.
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East North America continues to catch new snowstorms
A new snowstorm hit the northeastern US coast, leaving schools and offices closed.
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The biggest snowstorm in half a century in China
More than 50,000 people have been mobilized to clear snow in a city in China's northeastern region, after it faced the worst snowstorm in more than 50 years.
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The phenomenon of snowfall is very strange in the Atacama desert
People living nearby said that this is the most dense snowfall during the last three decades in the world's most arid desert land.
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England suddenly received heavy snow in mid-May
In mid-May, the sky suddenly snowed 5cm thick, the temperature dropped quickly, heavy rain lasted with a wind speed of over 100km / h, the whole UK was suffering from on…