Tag: cold snap

Cold Wave Sweeps Across China Amid Lunar New Year, Results in Record-Breaking Low Temps

A cold wave has swept across China amid the Lunar New Year, with the northernmost city of Mohe in Heilongjiang Province reaching a historic extreme of -53°C (-63.4°F) on Jan. 22. At 7:00 a.m. on the first day of the Lunar New Year, -53°C was measured at the Jintao Meteorological Station in Amur Town, Mohe…


3 Boys Killed After Falling Through Ice Into Lake Near Birmingham as Cold Snap Grips UK

Three boys have died, and a fourth is critically ill in hospital, after they fell through ice and into a lake at Babbs Mill Park in Solihull, near Birmingham, on Sunday afternoon. The deaths of the boys, who were aged 8, 10, and 11, comes as Britain is gripped by wintry conditions, with more snow…


Thousands of ‘Cold-Stunned’ Sea Turtles Off Coast of Texas Rescued, Warmed in Convention Center

The brutal cold snap that has frozen Texas hasn’t only numbed unprepared people to the bone—thousands of turtles have been caught off guard too. Thousands of sea turtles unused to the plunge in temperatures have been washing up on the beaches of South Padre Island, off the southern coast of Texas. Volunteers have brought some…