2 days ago
TOKYO (AFP) — At least one man died and more than 200 people were injured after the Tokyo region was hit at the weekend by the season's heaviest snowfall, officials and Japanese media said Monday.
Darn global warming!
We had snow for the third time this year in Tokyo, and more is on the way.
Tokyo gets snow maybe once every two or three years.
TOKYO (AFP) — At least one man died and more than 200 people were injured after the Tokyo region was hit at the weekend by the season's heaviest snowfall, officials and Japanese media said Monday.
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
Date: 06 Feb 2008
Bulletin No. 2
This bulletin is being issued for information only.
A new wave of ice and snow once again pounded the southern provinces of China on 4 and 5 February. The unusually low temperatures, ice and heavy snow have continued to plague 20 out of 31 provinces of China since 10 January. It is being touted as the worst winter disaster in more than five decades in most areas and the longest lasting blizzard in 100 years.
I’m in Shanghai, and we had more snow this last week than this city sees total in 4 normal years.
