Tag: snow

‘Six Lynx Were All Around Me, Sitting in the Snow’: Photographer’s Journey to Capture Rare Wildlife

When photographer Jean-Simon Bégin came across not one but six lynx in a snowstorm, the event was “like a dream.” “I believe I am one of the only humans in the world to have experienced this closeness with six wild lynx,” Bégin told The Epoch Times. The 32-year-old professional painter and wildlife photographer searched for…


Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Gets 2 Feet of Snow, a May Record

MARQUETTE, Mich.—A record May snowfall buried parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula under more than 2 feet of snow this week, with one spot getting twice that amount over several days starting in late April, the National Weather Service said. About 28.7 inches of snow fell between Sunday morning and Tuesday afternoon at the weather service’s…


Late-Season Storm Brings More Snow to the Sierra Nevada

TRUCKEE, Calif.—The winter that wouldn’t quit showed up again in the Sierra Nevada region of California and Nevada on Tuesday. The fast-moving, blustery storm wasn’t expected to last long, but it was enough to require chain controls on some trans-Sierra highways and add to staggering snowfall totals left by an exceptional series of winter storms….


VIDEO: Horse Makes Snow Angels With Her Owner ‘Like We Did as Kids,’ and See How She Enjoys It

A beautiful New Hampshire horse has been caught on camera imitating her owner by laying on the ground and rolling around to make snow angels. Sandy Hodskins, who owns West Meadow Farm in Bradford, New Hampshire, was delighted when her horse, West Wind, a 17-year-old Kiger mustang, decided to join her in playing after a…


Northeast Winter Storm Shuts Schools, Knocks Out Power

The start of a winter storm with heavy, wet snow caused a plane to slide off the runway and led to hundreds of school closings, canceled flights and thousands of power outages in parts of the Northeast on Tuesday. The storm’s path included parts of New England, upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, and northern New…


Storm Breaches California River’s Levee, Thousands Evacuate

WATSONVILLE, Calif.—A Northern California agricultural community famous for its strawberry crop was forced to evacuate early March 11 after the Pajaro River’s levee was breached by flooding from a new atmospheric river that pummeled the state. Across the Central Coast’s Monterey County, more than 8,500 people were under evacuation orders and warnings Saturday, including roughly…


To the Rooftops: Staggering Snowfall in California Mountains

LOS ANGELES—Emergency crews in California scrambled Wednesday to shuttle food and medicine to mountain communities stranded by back-to-back winter storms that have dumped so much snow some residents can barely see out their windows. In San Bernardino County east of Los Angeles, around-the-clock plowing is underway but it could take more than a week to…


While California Wearies of Snowstorms, Northeast Greets One

RUNNING SPRINGS, Calif.—Jennifer Cobb and her husband planned on staying four days in their vacation rental in Southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains. But that stretched into a week as they were trapped by a relentless series of storms that has piled snow so high they can barely see out the windows. When they try to…


More Warnings Issued by Federal Agency Over New Winter Storm

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued blizzard and winter storm warnings for portions of Washington, Oregon, and California, while other forecasters say that system could track across the United States this week. Blizzard warnings were issued for parts of the Sierra Nevada areas in eastern California, while winter storm warnings were in effect for Northern…


Federal Agency Issues Warnings Over ‘Powerful Storm System’

A​ winter storm will bring snow, ice, and winds to portions of the Midwest and Northeast United States starting Monday and lasting until Tuesday, forecasters say. “A swath of snow and ice are expected spread across the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes and Northeast today while a secondary low pressure system develops and the pair of…