The word for it here is Schneemangel or snow shortage. There's a phrase for when the snow is plentiful too - das weisse Gold - white gold. It's a reflection of how many alpine communities depend on winter sports for their livelihoods. World Cup skiers will race on artificial snow this Saturday as the Alps see record high temperatures.
It is believed that the area was once-fertile land and a township stretching for 20 miles.
Damage was so great that it could not immediately be assessed. Japanese media reports said tens of thousands of homes were destroyed.
Hundreds of firefighters and dozens of aircraft are working to contain the largest wildfire ever recorded in British Columbia's history, and it could take weeks to get it under control.
Climate change before your eyes: Seas rise and trees die
British Columbia has declared a state of emergency and thousands have been evacuated.
The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption began to recede Sunday, while the extent of damage to Tonga remained unclear. Satellite images showed the spectacular eruption that took place Saturday evening, with a plume of ash, steam and gas rising like a mushroom above the blue Pacific waters.
A volcano has erupted on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. The eruption early Tuesday of Shiveluch, one of Kamchatka’s most active volcanoes, spewed clouds of dust 20 kilometers (65,600 feet) into the sky.
The blaze in forestry south of Loch Morlich near Aviemore has now been extinguished.
Due to excessively wet weather, Leduc County has declared a municipal state of agricultural disaster.
The suspected lightning strike in the Highlands also dislodged boulders the size of washing machines.
Deadly floods in northern Chile left homes and roads destroyed.
At least 100 dead and nearly two thousand are homeless after rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms have led to severe flooding and landslides across Kenya in recent days.
A large retail and office building in downtown Whitehorse has shifted so much in just a few years that its elevator is now out of service.
Government scientists have found an island in the Beaufort Sea that is shedding as much as 40 metres of ground each summer.
A surge in the popularity of hillwalking during this year's coronavirus pandemic has seen daily visitor numbers at Ben Lomond grow from 1,000 on a normal sunny weekend to around 2,000. Walkers leaving official paths to avoid other people is causing hillside erosion and damage to vegetation.
A recent beaver catch in Baker Lake, along with this summer’s earlier beaver sighting near Kugluktuk, more than 1,000 kilometres northwest of Baker Lake, have some wondering whether beavers are expanding their range into Nunavut.
The Outer Hebrides are already suffering from the impacts of climate change including higher tides, longer storms and erosion.
Wildfire conditions remained 'static' during the long weekend but fires still a concern through August
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