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    Severe winter storm hits Norway with heavy snow, resulting in at least 2 fatalities

    ByJulie Celestial Friday, February 21, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    A severe winter storm hit Norway this week, dumping heavy snow and causing travel and power disruptions across parts of the country. Dozens of people were left stranded on closed roads and at least 2 people lost their lives after an avalanche hit off the…

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    Heavy rains turn roads into raging rivers, trigger deadly landslides – West Java, Indonesia

    ByJulie Celestial Friday, February 21, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    Continuous heavy downpour in Indonesia's West Java province turned roads into raging rivers and caused landslides in which at least 4 people lost their lives, authorities confirmed on Thursday, February 20, 2020. Flash floods have also affected more than 115 050…

  • severe-thunderstorms-strike-nsw-disrupting-power-to-80-000-homes-australia

    Severe thunderstorms strike NSW, disrupting power to 80 000 homes, Australia

    ByJulie Celestial Thursday, February 20, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    Severe thunderstorms battered the Australian state of New South Wales on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, disrupting power to about 80 000 homes. Lightning hit a whopping 800 000 times across the entire state, while 74 000 strikes hit Sydney, resulting in one death….

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    Massive 200-vehicle pileup in Quebec after sudden whiteout conditions, Canada

    ByJulie Celestial Thursday, February 20, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    Two people died and nearly 70 were left injured in a massive 200-vehicle pileup in Quebec's Montreal city in Canada on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. According to authorities, sudden whiteout conditions due to blizzard likely caused the incident. The pileup…

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    Cold dome of Arctic high pressure pushing down across the Rockies and Plains, keeping temperatures well below average

    ByTeo Blašković Thursday, February 20, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    A cold dome of Arctic high pressure pushing down across the Rockies and Plains will spread east-southeastward over the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley and the Southeast, NWS forecaster Ziegenfelder noted at 07:51 UTC on Thursday, February 20, 2020. Cold…

  • heaviest-snowfall-of-the-season-hits-seoul-causing-flight-cancellations-and-traffic-disruption-south-korea

    Heaviest snowfall of the season hits Seoul, causing flight cancellations and traffic disruption, South Korea

    ByJulie Celestial Thursday, February 20, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    Seoul received its largest daily snowfall this winter season on Monday, February 17, 2020, when up to 4.1 cm (1.6 inches) of snow fell in the South Korean capital, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). The record came after the country felt its…

  • severe-thunderstorms-heavy-rain-hail-and-tornado-hit-cordoba-argentina

    Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail and tornado hit Cordoba, Argentina

    ByJulie Celestial Wednesday, February 19, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    Intense thunderstorms accompanied by hail and at least one tornado struck the province of Cordoba, Argentina on Sunday, February 16, 2020. The severe weather caused severe floods, damaged roofs and knocked down trees and power lines, but no injuries were reported….

  • intense-bomb-cyclone-over-north-atlantic-set-to-hit-western-europe-following-dennis

    Intense bomb cyclone over North Atlantic, set to hit western Europe following Dennis

    ByJulie Celestial Wednesday, February 19, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    Another extratropical storm is seen rapidly forming over the North Atlantic on Tuesday, February 18, 2020. The system is undergoing a bombogenesis phase and is expected to keep intensifying until it approaches Iceland on Wednesday evening, February 19. Thew new…

  • flooding-causes-severe-damage-in-binga-district-northern-zimbabwe

    Widespread damage after floods hit Binga district, northern Zimbabwe

    ByJulie Celestial Wednesday, February 19, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    Severe flooding which hit Binga district in Matabeleland North Province, northern Zimbabwe, on February 11, 2020, has damaged at least 181 homes and totally destroyed 37, according to national newspaper New Zimbabwe report on Monday, February 17, 2020. The figures…

  • mississippi-under-state-of-emergency-after-historic-flooding-above-normal-triggers-inundation-and-landslides-in-tennessee

    Mississippi under state of emergency after historic flooding, above-normal rain triggers inundation and landslides in Tennessee

    ByJulie Celestial Tuesday, February 18, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    Incessant heavy rains continued to drench portions of the southern U.S., causing several rivers and dams to overflow. Unprecedented flooding in Mississippi put the state under a state of emergency on February 15, 2020, as Pearl River reached its third-highest level…

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