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Winter outbreak in Austria marred by accidents
Vienna (AFP) Oct 20, 2007 The sudden arrival of winter across Austria Saturday caused a rash of road accidents, killing one elderly man, while one person was reported missing following an avalanche, officials said. Alpine rescue services were searching for a Hungarian man in the southern province of Styria after he was caught in an avalanche while hiking in the Hochschwab region with altitudes of 1,800 metres (5,900 feet). The search operation including a helicopter was continuing Saturday evening, but conditions were difficult and dangerous because of the fresh snow, officials said. An 81-year-old man was killed Saturday morning in the outskirts of Vienna after his car crashed into a tree following a collision with another vehicle, police said. In northern Austria, two drivers were seriously injured in a collision near the ski resort of Bad Ischl after one of the cars skidded on the snow-laden road and crashed into the other. Austria saw its first snow overnight with some Alpine regions registering up to 30 centimetres of fresh snow. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links It's A White Out at TerraDaily.com
Colorado Study Shows Desert Droughts Lead To Earlier Annual Mountain Snow Loss
Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 26, 2007A new study spearheaded by the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center indicates wind-blown dust from drought-stricken and disturbed lands in the Southwest can shorten the duration of mountain snow cover hundreds of miles away in the Colorado mountains by roughly a month. |
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