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Some 1,500 travellers are still stranded near the former Inca ...

(CBC) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:31:33 GMT

(CBC) - Some 1,500 travellers are still stranded near the former Inca citadel and popular tourist destination Machu Picchu in Peru after mudslides from days of flooding cut a railway that is the only route to the remote area in the Andean mountains.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) - Thirty heads of state and government ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) - Thirty heads of state and government and 2,500 business and academic elite on Wednesday start the 40th anniversary Davos forum to hammer out ways to fend off new storm clouds hanging over the global economy.

GENEVA (AFP) - The UN climate panel has rejected as "baseless ...

(AFP) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - GENEVA (AFP) - The UN climate panel has rejected as "baseless and misleading" a newspaper report that raised doubts about the evidence behind a claim that global warming is linked to worsening natural disasters.

A storm that roared across the south B.C. coast Monday knocking ...

(CBC) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:19:12 GMT

(CBC) - A storm that roared across the south B.C. coast Monday knocking down trees, power lines and ferry service may have also claimed a life.

High winds wreaked havoc on the southern coast of B.C., knocking ...

(CBC) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:33:36 GMT

(CBC) - High winds wreaked havoc on the southern coast of B.C., knocking out power to thousands, shutting the Lions Gate Bridge, closing schools and forcing cancellation of some ferries.

More heavy rain and snow continue to fall across much of B.C., ...

(CBC) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:09:09 GMT

(CBC) - More heavy rain and snow continue to fall across much of B.C., causing flooding on Vancouver Island, contaminating water supplies in one Okanagan town, and raising the risk of avalanches in many mountain areas.

PARIS (AFP) - The French capital braced for a snow and sleet ...

(AFP) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - PARIS (AFP) - The French capital braced for a snow and sleet storm Wednesday, banning lorries from motorways and warning of massive flight cancellations as icy conditions made for treacherous travel around northern Europe.

BERLIN (AFP) - Europe was on Monday battling to cope with the ...

(AFP) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - BERLIN (AFP) - Europe was on Monday battling to cope with the Arctic freeze amid warnings over the cost of the lengthy cold snap which has seen thousands of flights and train journeys cancelled and caused dozens of deaths.

MADRID (AFP) - Snow fell in parts of Spain for the first time ...

(AFP) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - MADRID (AFP) - Snow fell in parts of Spain for the first time in half a century Monday as a wave of Arctic cold that has killed scores of people and caused billions of euros in damage to Europe's economy swept southwards.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Snow and icy weather disrupted travel across ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - GENEVA (Reuters) - Snow and icy weather disrupted travel across Europe on Sunday, closing Geneva airport on one of its busiest tourist weekends of the year and prompting a state of emergency on part of Germany's Baltic coast.

LONDON (Reuters) - Snow and freezing weather swept parts of ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - LONDON (Reuters) - Snow and freezing weather swept parts of Europe on Saturday causing travel chaos for thousands and forecasters predicted no let-up in Britain's harshest cold snap in 30 years.

BERLIN (AFP) - Europe faced weekend weather misery with scores ...

(AFP) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - BERLIN (AFP) - Europe faced weekend weather misery with scores of flights cancelled on Saturday as snow blanketed swathes of the continent, severing key highways and disrupting rail and electricity links.

LONDON (AFP) - Europe was blasted by more snow and ice Friday ...

(AFP) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:57:00 GMT

(AFP) - LONDON (AFP) - Europe was blasted by more snow and ice Friday as Britons endured their coldest night of the winter, forcing the cancellation of dozens of Eurostar trains linking London and Paris due to the freezing conditions.

LONDON (AFP) - Europe was blasted by more snow and ice on Friday ...

(AFP) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:14:00 GMT

(AFP) - LONDON (AFP) - Europe was blasted by more snow and ice on Friday amid a brutal winter that has caused travel chaos across the continent.

Britons faced icy road conditions and cold temperatures Thursday ...

(CBC) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:21:04 GMT

(CBC) - Britons faced icy road conditions and cold temperatures Thursday following heavy snowfall that disrupted travel and forced the closure of thousands of schools.

LONDON (AFP) - Soldiers helped rescue stranded drivers Wednesday ...

(AFP) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:16:00 GMT

(AFP) - LONDON (AFP) - Soldiers helped rescue stranded drivers Wednesday as Britain's most brutal winter in decades caused chaos for travellers, and bitterly cold temperatures cloaked much of Europe.

East Coast residents are cleaning up after a powerful weekend ...

(CBC) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:48:36 GMT

(CBC) - East Coast residents are cleaning up after a powerful weekend storm that killed at least three people.

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - Heavy snows and biting cold hit parts ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - Heavy snows and biting cold hit parts of Asia on Monday, with unusually harsh winter weather snarling up transport across north China, South Korea and India, but little lasting economic damage was expected.

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - Heavy snows and biting cold pummeled ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - Heavy snows and biting cold pummeled North Asia on Monday, with the unusually harsh winter weather snarling up transport across north China and South Korea but unlikely to deal any lasting economic damage.

A winter storm pummelled the Maritimes over the weekend, claiming ...

(CBC) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:56:13 GMT

(CBC) - A winter storm pummelled the Maritimes over the weekend, claiming the lives of at least two people.

A winter storm pummelled the Maritimes over the weekend, knocking ...

(CBC) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:16:38 GMT

(CBC) - A winter storm pummelled the Maritimes over the weekend, knocking out power to thousands of homes and leaving behind damage from a punishing storm surge in several coastal communities.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday, stranding ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday, stranding thousands of passengers at the main airport and casting an unusual quiet over normally busy streets as people stayed out of the freezing weather.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday, stranding ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday, stranding thousands of passengers at the Chinese capital's main airport and casting an unusual quiet over normally busy streets as people stayed out of the freezing weather.

A storm is battering most of the Maritimes, with precipitation ...

(CBC) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:34:05 GMT

(CBC) - A storm is battering most of the Maritimes, with precipitation and high winds wreaking havoc on travel and power lines.

Emergency crews are preparing for dangerous winter weather conditions ...

(CBC) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:56:37 GMT

(CBC) - Emergency crews are preparing for dangerous winter weather conditions expected across the Maritimes Saturday, with snowfall, wind and storm surge warnings in effect.

Two low-pressure systems, one from the U.S., will pass by the ...

(CBC) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:34:22 GMT

(CBC) - Two low-pressure systems, one from the U.S., will pass by the Maritimes this long weekend, bringing freezing rain, ice pellets and snow, Environment Canada says.

Seasons that were out of whack across the country, with records ...

(CBC) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:02:21 GMT

(CBC) - Seasons that were out of whack across the country, with records or near records in every region, shaped the Top 10 weather stories of 2009, Environment Canada says.

PATONG, Thailand (Reuters) - Thousands of candles lit up Thailand's ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - PATONG, Thailand (Reuters) - Thousands of candles lit up Thailand's Patong beach, thousands of saffron-robed Buddhist monks marched and people held vigils as Asia marked the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Saturday.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) - People across Asia paused Saturday ...

(AFP) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:51:00 GMT

(AFP) - BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) - People across Asia paused Saturday to remember the day five years ago when an undersea earthquake unleashed a devastating wave that killed more than 220,000 people.

PATONG, Thailand (Reuters) - Thousands of saffron-robed Thai ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - PATONG, Thailand (Reuters) - Thousands of saffron-robed Thai monks chanted and prayed for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Saturday as Asia marked the fifth anniversary of one of history's worst natural disasters.

CHICAGO (AFP) - A massive winter storm forced scores of US ...

(AFP) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:45:00 GMT

(AFP) - CHICAGO (AFP) - A massive winter storm forced scores of US churches to cancel Christmas Eve services Thursday as blizzards and freezing rain brought treacherous holiday travel conditions for millions of Americans.

LONDON (Reuters) - Five years on from the Indian Ocean tsunami, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - LONDON (Reuters) - Five years on from the Indian Ocean tsunami, the region has its own early warning system but experts say the new technology will not save lives unless local communities are more involved in planning how to respond.

Drivers in Ontario could face difficult conditions on Christmas ...

(CBC) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:20:57 GMT

(CBC) - Drivers in Ontario could face difficult conditions on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as a storm moves into the province from the United States.

A fast-moving storm that could arrive in Central Canada as early ...

(CBC) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:35:43 GMT

(CBC) - A fast-moving storm that could arrive in Central Canada as early as Thursday slammed parts of the U.S. West and Midwest with ice and snow Wednesday afternoon.

LONDON (AFP) - Thousands of Eurostar passengers anxious to ...

(AFP) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - LONDON (AFP) - Thousands of Eurostar passengers anxious to get away for Christmas battled for train places out of London Wednesday as heavy rains and freezing conditions sparked yet more travel chaos across Europe.

A deep freeze in the United Kingdom and Europe has led to about ...

(CBC) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:46:36 GMT

(CBC) - A deep freeze in the United Kingdom and Europe has led to about 90 deaths and is disrupting holiday travel.

LONDON (Reuters) - A Ryanair plane slid off the runway after ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - LONDON (Reuters) - A Ryanair plane slid off the runway after landing at a Scottish airport on Wednesday and two people were killed in a coach crash in western England as snow and ice made traveling hazardous.

LONDON (AFP) - Mass flight cancellations heaped fresh misery ...

(AFP) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - LONDON (AFP) - Mass flight cancellations heaped fresh misery on European travellers Tuesday, as the freezing weather that has caused at least 90 deaths on the continent brought chaos to Christmas holiday plans.

PARIS (AFP) - Packed Eurostar trains began to haul thousands ...

(AFP) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - PARIS (AFP) - Packed Eurostar trains began to haul thousands of angry passengers between Paris, Brussels and London on Tuesday as the firm started to clear a backlog of 75,000 stranded by a winter weather shutdown.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US retailers scrambled Monday to stave off ...

(AFP) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - WASHINGTON (AFP) - US retailers scrambled Monday to stave off a holiday sales disaster after an East Coast blizzard that forced many shops and malls to close for the critical pre-Christmas weekend.

PARIS (AFP) - The death toll from winter storms across Europe ...

(AFP) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - PARIS (AFP) - The death toll from winter storms across Europe rose to at least 80 on Monday as transport chaos spread amid mounting anger over the failure of Eurostar high-speed trains.

Crews are out cleaning up after the large storm that battered ...

(CBC) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:23:33 GMT

(CBC) - Crews are out cleaning up after the large storm that battered the U.S. Eastern Seaboard passed through parts of Nova Scotia overnight.

PARIS (AFP) - The French government expressed outrage Monday ...

(AFP) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - PARIS (AFP) - The French government expressed outrage Monday over the breakdown of Eurostar cross-Channel trains that has stranded tens of thousands of people as deadly winter transport chaos spread across Europe.

The northeastern United States is climbing out from under a ...

(CBC) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:48:37 GMT

(CBC) - The northeastern United States is climbing out from under a blizzard that dumped more than half a metre of snow along the eastern seaboard.

A slow-moving snowstorm that blanketed swaths of the northeastern ...

(CBC) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:46:27 GMT

(CBC) - A slow-moving snowstorm that blanketed swaths of the northeastern United States and caused at least six deaths continued its northward trek Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Americans pining for a white Christmas got ...

(AFP) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Americans pining for a white Christmas got more than they bargained for as a record-breaking snowstorm closed airports and roadways across the northeastern United States, putting a damper on the holiday's biggest shopping weekend.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A deadly snowstorm blanketed much of the ...

(AFP) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - WASHINGTON (AFP) - A deadly snowstorm blanketed much of the eastern United States Sunday, cutting power to tens of thousands of homes, paralyzing air traffic and stranding many motorists.

LONDON (AFP) - The executive director of Eurostar Richard Brown ...

(AFP) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - LONDON (AFP) - The executive director of Eurostar Richard Brown between England and France confirmed Sunday that passenger train services remained suspended for the day and was unable to say when they would resume.

A blizzard rocked the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States ...

(CBC) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:14:16 GMT

(CBC) - A blizzard rocked the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States on Saturday, crippling travel across the region and causing hundreds of thousands of power outages.