February 9, 2016 - TURKEY - Heavy snowfall, which started falling in several provinces across
eastern Turkey on Saturday, caused the cancellation of many flights and
led to the closure of roads, the Cihan news agency reported on Sunday.
A total of 1,747 village roads were closed due to heavy snowfall and
storms in eastern Turkey. The roads include 791 in Erzurum, 362 in Muş,
262 in Kars, 252 in Ağrı, 50 in Erzincan and 13 in Ardahan.
Snow reached a depth of 95 centimeters in central Muş, 77 centimeters in Ağrı city center and 32 in central Kars.
Teams from the Special Provincial Directorate are working to clear snow from the roads.
The lowest temperatures in the region were recorded in Ağrı (minus 10 degrees Celsius), Erzincan (minus 9 degrees), Erzurum (minus 6 degrees), Kars (minus 4 degrees), Ardahan (minus 3 degrees) and Iğdır (minus 2 degrees).
Several flights to and from Muş and Erzurum on Sunday were cancelled due to the harsh weather conditions. - Today's Zaman.
November 15, 2015 - ANATOLIA, TURKEY - Meteorological officials warned citizens to be careful and cautious, being particularly alert for high avalanche danger.
In Erzurum 173 village roads are closed due to snow, and 117 were closed in Ardahan, for a total of 290.
Highways teams continue to work for the opening of village roads so that transport can resume.
Also yesterday, Erzurum Regional Directorate of Highways 12 and Erzurum
Metropolitan Municipality were stranded due to snow and subsequently
rescued.
April 27, 2015 - EARTH - The following constitutes the latest reports of record snowfall and low temperatures across the Earth.
Record spring snowfall in Saskatoon, Canada
Snow in Saskatoon.
Residents experience power outages, dig out from 30 centimeters of snow
Power has been restored for most of Saskatoon and city crews were out in force clearing streets followingthis weekend's record-breaking snowfall.
Saskatoon received 30 centimeters (12 inches) of snow, the most
of any region between Outlook and Melfort that saw snow over the
weekend. The previous records for April 25 and 26 were 9.4 centimeters
in 1954 and 7.6 centimeters in 1945 respectively.
WATCH: Record snowfall in Saskatoon.
Power Outages
Heavy wet snow caused homes, businesses and traffic lights in 20 neighbourhoods across the city to lose power over the weekend.
On Saturday, the City of Saskatoon twitter account said there was an
issue with the power supply for seven sub-stations, which affected west
side neighbourhoods within Circle Drive. The substations were brought
back online at 6:35 p.m. restoring power to many neighbourhoods.
By 4:20 a.m. Sunday morning, snow covered branches and power lines caused more power outages throughout the city.
The outage also knocked out the city's website, phone lines and service
alert system (SAS) — a system that notifies residents via text and email
of emergencies, power outages, and other situations across the city.
The city website came back online at 9 p.m. but during that time
Saskatoon Light and Power was unable to issue service alerts.
Communications manager Carla Blumers said the city will work to install more backups for when the SAS goes down.
Brendan Lemke with Saskatoon Light and Power said the final major outage
was repaired around noon Sunday. He said crews were moving to secondary
locations to service individual homes with power issues and should be
done before the end of the day.
Anyone with issues of tree branches on power lines or outages can contact the city at 306-975-2621
Lemke said crews are unsure why the city's main transmission station and
seven sub-stations went down Saturday, but he said they did see the
lines galloping.
"(Galloping) means there's enough build up of ice and snow on a line
where it acts like the airfoil or a wing of an airplane and it actually
will start to lift as the wind blows across it. So the lines start to
move and they can get too close together and then cause an outage that
was," Lemke said, adding crews also saw an insulating material covered
in ice and snow that showed signs of arching electricity.
The city did not know the exact number of houses affected by the outage. - News Talk 650.
Blizzard brings over 2 meters (7 feet) of snow to Erzurum, Turkey
Ağrı -Iran Transit Road Closed Due to Snowstorm
Lots of snow on the Silk Pass between Ağrı, Doğubayazıt and Diyadin
county causing vehicles to be stuck on the road and forcing closure of
roads to the Iranian border, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.
A rescue operation was launched for stranded vehicles.
Highway 123 Branch Chief Fuat Öztürk, said in a statement to reporters thatthe snow came suddenly, due to a heavy blizzard
and storm. The Silk Gateway road is closed to traffic of trucks that
are caught in the spur because he stated that they wear summer tires.
Reader's comment: For those who read the original article,
translate.google.com translates the name Ağrı into "pain" and tipi into
"type", while tipi also means snowstorm or blizzard.
Of course the MSM does not report this news, but look at the video to see it with your own eyes.
