Algeria Hit by Worst Snow in Half a Century
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The heaviest snow in more than 50 years fell on the Algerian capital on Thursday, paralyzing traffic, killing 13 people and isolating nearly a third of the North African country's provinces, authorities said.
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The United Nations says many lives are at risk as Tajikistan experiences its worst ever winter energy crisis.
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Forest fires fed by winds off the Sahara and still burning out of control in northern Algeria have claimed eight lives in the past 48 hours, the country&#39;s civil protection services said Thursday.
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It's been a chilly welcome for America's president: The Mideast, known for blazing sun and scorching winds, has been hit with an uncharacteristic wave of heavy rain, frigid gales Â and even a smattering of snow.
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From Maine to Iowa and beyond, the unusually snowy winter has left dozens of communities with dwindling salt supplies and blown snow removal budgets Â five weeks before the official start of spring.
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Algeria has seen more than its fair share of Islamist attacks, but Tuesday's carnage was different. Never before has such a prominent international site Â U.N. offices Â been struck with such deadly ferocity in the North African nation.
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Six people died, thousands of homes were blacked out and air traffic delayed as violent storms hit northern France. Tourist hotspots like the Eiffel Tower reopened today after yesterdayâs hurricane-force
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With electricity reserves depleted, officials in impoverished Tajikistan Â where residents are enduring one of the coldest winters in 25 years Â said Tuesday they would be forced to cut power to much of the country.
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A flash flood killed six people in southern Algeria when torrential rains caused wadis to overflow, while high winds brought down trees and walls, press reports said Saturday.
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China's fiercest winter in half  a century brought renewed misery for millions of travelers on  Sunday as they struggled to make their way home for the year's  most important holiday.
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Snow storms stranding millions of travellers are a severe disaster that will last for several days, leaders warn.
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More than 750 people have perished as a result of severe cold and heavy snowfalls this winter across Afghanistan, a government official said on Saturday.
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Forecasters predicted a winter-like storm could drop up to a foot of snow in parts of the Rocky Mountains on Saturday, and severe weather was possible in the central Plains.
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BBC Moscow correspondent James Rodgers reports on soldiers' woes and the capital's snow-clearing efforts.
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Thousands of schools across Wales and England are forced to close by the heaviest snowfall for years.
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Algerian rescue services were searching  on Sunday for about 20 sailors missing after severe storms sank  one ship and drove two aground near Algiers port, killing three  seamen.
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Nineteen people have died in a week of cold weather and snowstorms across Turkey.