Rescuers on snowy, wind-whipped Mount Hood led five climbers to safety after they became lost in a whiteout and were stranded overnight, the authorities said today.
Sir Colin and the London players came to Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday afternoon, the first of three programs through tomorrow night, enthralling a hardy audience that had braved the day's snowy winds with a riveting concert performance of Britten's opera "Peter Grimes".
Yesterday, construction workers there were buffeted by snowy March winds as they tried to complete a $50 million restoration by the fall.
The problem is most acute in New England and the Upper Midwest, preservationists say, as very old churches have withstood centuries of frigid, snowy winters, wind-swept rains and scorching summers.
It's still very snowy, thankfully the wind has now died down a bit but there have been drifts that are seven or eight feet high".
Turkey's climate ranges from snowy Alpine through wind-whipped steppe, waterless desert and balmy Mediterranean.
But with the buffeting wind and snowy conditions, I thought better of it and enjoyed instead the spectacular waterfall, mighty with snowmelt, cascading into Lysefjord, 1,000m below.
Filming of the new Bond, Spectre, was disrupted earlier this month by strong winds in snowy Austria.
The large-hill ski jumping team competition, scheduled for later today, was canceled because of snowy weather and strong winds.
But some customers have taken pity on the deliverymen, seeing them struggle to push their grocery-filled carts through snowy streets and whipping winds.
In mid-January 1815, a snowy gale with strong winds forced the British blockading squadron away from New York Harbor, giving Decatur the opportunity to put to sea.
