Winter weather snarls air, train travel across Europe
Frankfurt, Germany/Oslo, Norway Reuters Freezing rain in central and southern Germany grounded hundreds of flights and disrupted train travel on Wednesday, while heavy snowfall in Norway’s capital led to the temporary closure of its main airport. Germany’s massive Frankfurt airport cancelled all flights in early afternoon as jets could no longer be de-iced, but later […]
Dangerously cold temps continue across US as 2024 presidential race begins in Iowa
Reuters Much of the United States remained gripped by an Arctic blast on Monday, cutting power to tens of thousands of customers in northern states and Texas and potentially dampening turnout in Iowa, where voters will cast the first ballots for a Republican candidate in November’s presidential race. The dangerously frigid weather is expected to […]
More than 1,000 Ukrainian towns lose power due to extreme winter weather
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s power grid operator said on Tuesday severe winter weather left more than 1,000 towns and villages without electricity in nine regions and urged residents to conserve power as the energy system has been weakened by Russian strikes. Electricity consumption was at this week’s highest levels as temperatures fell to about -15 degrees […]
China’s Shanghai endures worst cold snap in 40 years
Shanghai, ChinaReuters China’s financial hub Shanghai was set to record its chilliest period in December in four decades, spurring authorities to issue warnings for low temperatures and wind, while northern cities battled icy conditions forecast to ease only next week. The city’s lowest temperatures on Thursday will be minus four to minus six degrees Celsius […]
Updated: Snowstorm kills eight in Ukraine and Moldova, hundreds of towns lose power
Updated: 12pm (AEDT)Kyiv, UkraineReuters A winter storm lashed central and southern Ukraine, killing at least five people in Ukraine and three in neighbouring Moldova, with snow and high winds knocking out power to hundreds of towns and villages and shutting highways At least 19 people were injured in Ukraine and a further 10 in Moldova. […]
Zelenskiy tells Ukrainians to prepare for Russian winter onslaught
Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians on Sunday to prepare for new waves of Russian attacks on infrastructure as winter approached and said troops were anticipating an onslaught in the eastern theatre of the war. A military spokesman said Russian attacks on the shattered eastern town of Avdiivka had eased in the past day, but […]
“Non-stop fighting”: Ukrainian troops battle exhaustion as war drags into second winter
MAX HUNDER, of Reuters, reports from the frontlines of the ongoing fighting in Ukraine…
Toxic smog: Iran criticised for winter “air pollution catastrophe”
Environmental analysts say air pollution is worsening in Iran and that the government is not doing enough to tackle the problem. SANAM MAHOOZI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
More than 160 Afghans die in bitterly cold weather
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters More than 160 people have died from the cold in Afghanistan this month in the worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday, as residents described being unable to afford fuel to heat homes in temperatures well below freezing. “162 people have died due to cold weather since January 10 […]
Freezing temperatures kill 78 people in Afghanistan
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters At least 78 people have died of cold in Afghanistan during the country’s worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday. Deaths from the cold have been recorded in eight of the country’s 34 provinces, officials said. An Afghan man walks on a snow-covered cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 11th […]