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Parts of Austria, southern Germany sink deeper into snow
Associated Press ^ | January 10, 2019

Posted on 01/10/2019 8:05:32 AM PST by Olog-hai

Heavy snowfall continued Thursday in parts of Austria and southern Germany, with several places cut off and the bad weather expected to persist. Snow was causing problems in other parts of Europe, even in Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago.

Austrian police said that a 16-year-old boy from Australia was killed in an avalanche in St. Anton am Arlberg as he was skiing with his family on Wednesday. In neighboring Slovakia, the mountain rescue service said a 37-year-old Slovak man was killed by an avalanche in the Mala Fatra mountains.

That brought to at least 16 the number of weather-related deaths reported in Europe over the past week.

Several railway lines in the Alps were closed because of the snow, trucks and cars got stuck for hours on a highway in southwestern Germany and schools were closed in parts of Bavaria. …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Weather
KEYWORDS: austria; climatechange; climatechangehoax; czechrepublic; eussr; germany; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; norway; slovakia; snow; svalbard

1 posted on 01/10/2019 8:05:32 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

It snows in Germany and Austria, who knew?


2 posted on 01/10/2019 8:06:25 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai

Isn’t globull warming just awful?


3 posted on 01/10/2019 8:07:08 AM PST by onedoug
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To: Olog-hai

Global Warming!


4 posted on 01/10/2019 8:07:21 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Olog-hai

Was 70 in Tennessee on Monday


5 posted on 01/10/2019 8:07:31 AM PST by babble-on
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To: Olog-hai
...even in Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago.

I'm shocked..............................................that this writer even has a job................

6 posted on 01/10/2019 8:08:27 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Olog-hai

Killed in an avalanche is weather related?


7 posted on 01/10/2019 8:08:30 AM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: sparklite2
Killed in an avalanche is weather related?
Right. It's not weather-related. The author of the article hopes we're too stupid to notice.
8 posted on 01/10/2019 8:12:55 AM PST by I want the USA back (It's Ok To Be White. White Lives Matter. White Guilt is Socially Constructed)
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To: babble-on
Was 70 in Tennessee on Monday

Bastardi on Weatherbell.com is doubling down on that we're heading to a big cold event here in the US towards the end of the month and lasting a while.

There is stratospheric warming around the North Pole that is sending an arctic blast to the eastern 2/3's of the US.

9 posted on 01/10/2019 8:21:35 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: Olog-hai

Geez, the photo of the relief truck looks like it was taken during the battle of the bulge.


10 posted on 01/10/2019 8:29:39 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Red Badger

I don’t get your comment about the writer...

Wiki...”Svalbard (prior to 1925 known by its Dutch name Spitsbergen) is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Situated north of mainland Europe, it is about midway between continental Norway and the North Pole.”


11 posted on 01/10/2019 8:31:10 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Snickering Hound

yes, was colder last night


12 posted on 01/10/2019 8:43:37 AM PST by babble-on
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To: dfwgator

Snowing on the Greek island (the island of longevity) Ikaria yesterday.


13 posted on 01/10/2019 8:47:16 AM PST by spokeshave2 (https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall.... $19,930,239 of $1.0B goal by 332,381 people in 24 days)
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To: Olog-hai

Un-possible, Big Al told us the planet has a fever.


14 posted on 01/10/2019 9:10:45 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The writer seems surprised that it snows north of the Arctic Circle in the winter time.................


15 posted on 01/10/2019 9:27:10 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Olog-hai

“Parts of Austria, southern Germany sink deeper into snow”

Those green Euroassholes will blame it on global warming.


16 posted on 01/10/2019 10:51:18 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Gotcha. Yeah, now that you mention it, that is rather stupid, isn’t it? LOL.


17 posted on 01/10/2019 11:23:36 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Olog-hai

https://www.iceagenow.info/both-arctic-antarctic-sea-ice-now-at-historic-high-levels/


18 posted on 01/10/2019 12:02:17 PM PST by Openurmind
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