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Italy: Firefighters rescue 200 people trapped in snowy motorway

Italian firefighters rescue 200 people trapped in snowy motorway

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Rivers freeze over, ‘ice sculptures’ form in US extreme weather

The extreme cold weather in the United States Midwest has frozen rivers and turned ordinary objects into “ice sculptures”.

USA

US weather begins to warm as polar vortex spreads east

Lows of minus 49 degrees Celsius that paralysed the US Midwest are being blamed for over 20 deaths.

Russia

Watch: Animals at Moscow zoo have fun in snow

Nearly half a month's worth of snow fell on the Russian capital over the weekend.

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Deadly polar vortex brings temperatures as low as -29C to US Midwest

Americans are wrapping up against a blast of Arctic air from a polar vortex, which has brought dangerous and freezing weather to a large area of the country.

United Kingdom

Yellow warnings for snow and ice in UK, travel disruptions expected

Snow and ice are expected to disrupt travel across the UK this week, with yellow weather warnings issued by the Met Office.

Poland

Polish man achieves lifelong dream of building a working igloo

A Polish carpenter always dreamed of fulfilling his dream of building a life-size igloo. He's now achieved that and is on his way to building his second one atop a snowy mountain.

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Snow lovers face off in Washington DC's first snowball fight of 2019

Snow lovers in Washington DC celebrated the region's first major snowfall by lobbing snowballs at one another on Sunday afternoon, in what has become a recent post-snowstorm tradition in the US capital.

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Chaotic snowfall freezes parts of Europe

Extreme snowfall caused chaos in parts of Europe this week, bringing some communities in Germany and Austria to a grinding halt. Here is a look at of some of the areas most affected by this severe winter weather.

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Arctic conditions expected to last several days across Europe

2019 kicks off with extreme weather as heavy snow blankets large parts of Europe

Austria

Watch: Austrian train workers rescue chamois buried in snow

The two men leapt off the train and carefully shovelled snow from around the chamois until it could pull itself out and make its way to a forest.

Greece

Watch: Athens awakes to winter wonderland

The capital of Greece woke up on Tuesday to rare snowfall.

World

Snowfall turns Athens into winter wonderland

It's a winter wonderland in a rather unexpected location today — Athens has been hit by a snowstorm and much of northern Greece is struggling to deal with snow and subzero temperatures.

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Travel disruption as heavy snow hits central Europe

Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland were among the most affected areas on Saturday

Austria

Watch: Snow hits parts of Italy and Austria

At Obertauern, a ski resort in Salzburg, almost 40 centimetres of snow fell with temperatures dropping to two degrees Celsius.

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Central France hit by late snow flurries

Residents of higher areas warned to avoid travel if possible as winter weather returns.

Switzerland

Swiss Alps: Six die in bad weather

Four skiers and two climbers perished in separate incidents at the end of a tragic winter season in the mountains.

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Le Derby de la Meije — the ultimate off-piste race

Welcome to La Grave in the French Alps for the 30th anniversary of the Derby de la Meije, a legendary event for freeride enthusiasts daring to race off-piste.

United Kingdom

Easter Monday travel hit by heavy rain, snow

People heading back home after the four-day Easter weekend are battling it out with snow, rain and sleet.

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'Orange snow' transforms ski slopes in Eastern Europe into Mars

A blanket of orange-tinted snow transformed ski slopes in Eastern Europe, including Romania and Russia, so that they looked like the red planet.