snow
Yesterday, an ice storm ravaged most of southern Quebec, leaving one million households without power. Many trees fell in Montreal and its surrounding towns while many school boards cancelled classes for the day. Hydro-Quebec continues to scramble to bring electricity back to its customers. Of the million affected, nearly half of them reside in Montreal. Image via […]
Two teenagers who found themselves stranded in a California snowstorm for days said they “were already convinced” they weren’t going to make it out. According to a press release from the Morongo Basin Station of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were notified on Friday of two teenagers who had been determined to be lost […]
Jeremy Renner was involved in what authorities say was a “traumatic injury” incident in Reno, Nevada over the weekend. In a news release, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office said that it responded to “a traumatic injury” in the Mt. Rose Highway area on Sunday morning. Renner is said to have been the only person involved in […]
A deadly blizzard that swept through Buffalo, New York has claimed dozens of lives, leaving thousands without electricity in their homes. NBC News reports at least 62 people have died in weather-related incidents. During an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said that the storm was “probably worse than anything that this […]
Mark Woodley, sports reporter for KWWL in Iowa, recently went viral for his snarky on-air remarks after being assigned at the last minute to cover a snowstorm during the early morning hours last week. According to the Des Moines Register, Woodley was told two days prior that he would be covering the weather this past Thursday […]
Jeezy reconnects with foe-turned-friend DJ Drama. At midnight the frequent collaborators came through with Snofall, the latest installment in Drama’s Gangsta Grillz series. The hip-hop veterans announced the effort on social media this month, shortly after unleashing their joint record “I Ain’t Gon Hold Ya.” Jeezy discussed Snofall during a Thursday appearance on the Breakfast Club, saying he approached it without any expectations. “If you’re doing […]
Harry Shimmin was among a group of 10 hikers on a guided tour of the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan when he captured video of a fast approaching ice avalanche that eventually swept over him. Shimmin shared the footage on Instagram Monday, explaining that he and the group had just reached the highest point of their trek […]
A Connecticut homeowner accidentally set their house ablaze when they tried to melt ice and snow around the property with a garden-torch, The News & Observer reports. The Seymour Fire Department was called shortly after 5:30 p.m. Saturday to respond to a house fire that was caused by the unidentified resident’s dicey method of using a garden-torch to […]
Thousands of flights were canceled in the U.S. on Saturday as a powerful Nor’easter pummeled the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast with several inches of snow. According to flight tracking service FlightAware, more than 3,500 flights were grounded as of Saturday afternoon. JetBlue, which had the most cancellations with 579 scrapped flights, axed nearly 70 percent of its schedule. Delta […]
A backcountry skier in Colorado died after being buried by an avalanche on Christmas Eve, CNN reports. The unnamed skier was on South Diamond Peak near Cameron Pass in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains when a 150 foot-wide avalanche came down around 2 p.m. local time on the peak’s southeast end, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center shared in a release. “The victim’s partner was able to […]
