Tag: snow

VIDEO: Alaskan Dog Mourns the End of Winter by Refusing to Leave the Last Patch of Snow

A giant, woolly, all-white Alaskan malamute makes winter more enjoyable for his Michigan family with his unparalleled love for snow. Three-and-a-half-year-old Storm was welcomed into Stephanie Larson’s house in Grand Rapids at 12 weeks old. Originally from a small rural Michigan town, media coordinator Stephanie, 34, says Storm loved snow from the start. “We brought him home…


‘Doing Things Right’: Loving Dad of 2 Shovels Snow for Neighbors Every Time It Snows

Kindness is a choice of the will. A husband and father from Wilmington, Delaware, habitually chooses to demonstrate kindness to those around him. And while he doesn’t do it to be recognized, his bighearted service does not go unnoticed. Every time it snows—which can be quite often in a Delaware winter—Brian Dignen shovels his driveway…


VIDEO: Playful Baby Bear Tries to Catch Snowflakes With Childlike Amazement

Kids will be kids, and cubs will be cubs. In an endearing video gone viral, a baby bear cub follows his mother in the falling snow. But, while the mama bear is all business, the cub lags behind to playfully try and catch a few flakes. The video, shared first on Twitter by user “Buitengebieden,”…


Nebulous Milky Way Portraits in Wonder-Filled Winter Landscapes Captured by Astrophotographer in Slovenia

Uroš Fink fears not long treks in the freezing cold winter in meter high snow—not even in the dead of midnight. The 31-year-old astrophotographer from Slovenia is driven by a desire to take breathtaking images of our Milky Way. The young engineer with a passion for shooting the night sky set out last December on…


As Winter Storm Moves Across US, Ice Becomes Bigger Concern

CHICAGO—About 350,000 homes and businesses lost power across the United States on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused a deadly tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall…


Capitol Report (Jan. 28): Congressman Says Cartels Terrorizing US

Mexican cartels have been trafficking in record numbers of human beings and drugs throughout the southern border. What happens to those people who are indebted to the cartels? Texas Congressman Chip Roy has some answers. House Republicans in the Foreign Affairs Committee urge Secretary of State Antony Blinken to issue an urgent warning to the athletes…


Snowstorm Dusts Athens With Layer of Snow

A snowstorm hit the Greek capital Athens on Monday, snarling traffic, forcing flight cancelations, and suspending coronavirus vaccinations in the broader Athens region. The storm, given the name Elpida—”hope” in Greek—also blanketed several Greek islands in snow. Authorities warned the public to limit movements outdoors to the essential on Monday and Tuesday, while schools in…


Snow Blankets Athens, Greek Islands, and Turkey’s Istanbul

ATHENS, Greece—A severe snowstorm disrupted road and air traffic Monday in the Greek capital of Athens and in neighboring Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul, while snow blanketed most of Turkey and Greece, including several Aegean islands. The Greek government declared a holiday Tuesday in the greater Athens area, parts of central Greece and the islands…


Football Coach Cancels Workout, Sends Team to Shovel Snowy Driveways for Neighbors in Need

Amid severe weather warnings, a Pennsylvania high school football coach canceled the workout session and gave his team an instruction to instead shovel a snowy driveway for an elderly or disabled neighbor. Forty players, some as young as 13, followed through the instruction of Brian DeLallo, head coach of Bethel Park High School, and cleared driveways…


Multiple-Car Crash as Heavy Snowfall Closes Czech Highway

PRAGUE—A heavy snowstorm that hit the Czech Republic caused a multiple-car crash and completely shut down one of the major highways near the capital, Prague, on Thursday. Police said about 40 cars and trucks were involved in the pileup that took place 33 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of the capital on the D5 highway. The…