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Heavy snow traps many people in Bosnia (AP)

AP - Bosnia's government declared a state of emergency in its capital on Saturday after Sarajevo was paralyzed by snow, while in Rome residents dug out from the city's biggest snowfall in 26 years, which shut down the Colosseum.




Storm blankets Nebraska after dumping on Colorado (AP)

AP - A powerful winter storm that covered parts of Colorado with up to 6 feet of snow crept east across the Plains Saturday, knocking out electricity to thousands in Nebraska as the blanket of heavy, wet precipitation downed power lines and made travel treacherous.




5.7 quake recorded off BC, no tsunami (AP)
AP - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has been recorded about 105 miles west of Ucluelet off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Rome struggles with more snow; govt shovels issued (AP)

AP - Romans bewildered by their city's first big snowfall in 26 years used government-issued shovels to clear sidewalks, and kitchen utensils to clear windshields Saturday.




Major snowstorm barrels down on Central Plains (Reuters)
Reuters - A major winter storm that dumped two feet of snow on the Denver area marched eastward on Saturday, buffeting the Central Plains with heavy snowfall and wind gusts of 25 miles per hour.

Heathrow Airport cancels flights ahead of snow (AP)
AP - The owner of Heathrow Airport says it has canceled 30 percent of flights for Sunday amid forecasts for snow and severe weather in London.

The nation's weather (AP)
AP - Weather Underground Forecast for Saturday, Feb. 04, 2012.

Afghan officials try to open Kabul airport (AP)

AP - Afghan officials say they are hopeful that the country's largest airport will reopen after being closed due to heavy snowfall.




Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens (Reuters)

Reuters - Nine Romanian children were taken into care after a baby died in an unheated house, joining at least 189 others killed by a Siberian front which strengthened its hold over Eastern Europe on Friday and spread further west.




European chill moves west, 122 die in Ukraine (Reuters)
Reuters - Bitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westwards over the continent on Saturday, blanketing Rome's Colosseum with snow for the first time in three decades and disrupting air and rail traffic.

Major winter storm sweeping across Colorado (AP)
AP - A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday, forcing the state Department of Transportation to close portions of Interstate 70 and Interstate 25. The National Weather Service said snow was falling at 2 inches an hour on the Eastern Plains.

Storm over climate change among weather forecasters (Reuters)
Reuters - You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

June-uary Weather: 6 More Weeks of Mild Winter? (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-forecasting groundhog, saw his shadow today (Feb. 2), which is supposed to mean six more weeks of winter are to come. Just about everyone in the United States, except for Alaska, can be forgiven for thinking, "What happened to the first six weeks of winter?"

 

 



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