Latest Blizzards News
Rescuers reach a stranded hiker in Slovenia but another is missing during a Balkans snowstorm
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A snowstorm across the Balkans brought traffic chaos, closed schools and left thousands of homes without electricity in Croatia and Bosnia on Monday, while the weather hampered efforts in Slovenia to reach two hikers stranded in the Alps. The...
Ukrainian man fleeing war rescued with his kitten on a perilous journey through Romanian mountains
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Ukrainian man who embarked on a perilous journey fleeing his war-torn country into Romania was rescued from a deep mountain ravine in subzero temperatures with an unlikely companion: his months-old kitten named Peach. More than a dozen rescuers worked in...
Biggest November snowstorm in half century hits Seoul and grounds flights
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The biggest November snowstorm to hit South Korea’s capital in more than a half century blanketed the capital on Wednesday, grounding hundreds of flights, disrupting commuter traffic and leaving at least two dead. South Korea’s weather agency said 20...
Late-season snowstorms in South Africa cause 2 deaths from hypothermia
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Unseasonably late snowstorms battered coastal areas of South Africa over the weekend, killing two people and forcing the closure of some of the country's major highways. The deaths were attributed to hypothermia after the two people were stuck in vehicles...
