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Bitter cold, snow raise Europe death toll
LONDON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Extreme cold and heavy snow in Europe has killed more than 300 people, impeded travel and left about 50,000 without power, officials say.

Snow Blankets Croatia’s Palms as Cold, Winds Hamper East Europe Rescuers
Blizzard conditions, record-low temperatures and high winds persisted from Bulgaria to Baku, disrupting transportation and complicating efforts to respond to a calamity that has claimed hundreds of lives in central and eastern Europe in the last week.

Where’s the snow? Texas town has more this winter than Chicago
Snow has been missing in action for much of the United States the past couple of months. But it’s not just snow. It’s prtactically the entire winter season that’s gone AWOL.“What winter?” asked Mike Halpert, deputy director of the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center. For the Lower 48, January was the third-least snowy on record, according to the Global Snow Lab at Rutgers ...

Where's The Snow? Not In Lower 48, But Elsewhere
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Snow has been missing in action for much of the U.S. the last couple months. But it's not just snow. It's practically the season that's gone AWOL. "What winter?" asked Mike Halpert,

Tompkins: Waterfowlers' interest in snow geese wanes
Tompkins: Waterfowlers' interest in snow geese wanes Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 06:29 p.m., Sunday, February 5, 2012 Texas' coastal prairies attracted the continent's largest wintering population of lesser snow geese, and tens of thousands of waterfowlers throughout ...