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From Heat Record to Cold Record – Arctic Winds Send Temperatures in Europe Plummeting

Capanna Margherita

Two new records were broken at the weekend as temperatures at the weather station at Capanna Margherita in Monte Rosa, Italy, dropped to -6.2°F (-21.2°C) at 6 am on September 17. This breaks the previous coldest temperature measured for the day in 2013, which was -3.5°F (-19.7°C) on September 17, 2013. It also is the earliest temperatures have dropped below -4°F (-20°C) […]

Julia Schneemann | September 19, 2022
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Miraculous Rescue as Woman Survives 2 Days and 2 Nights in 50-Foot Swiss Glacier Crevasse

A Russian tourist, who lives in Germany, is recovering in hospital after falling 50-feet into a crevasse on a Swiss mountain and being stuck there for two days and two nights. Rescue crews said they have not seen such a miraculous rescue in over 20-years. Related: VIDEO: Story of Survival – Falling 50-Feet Into a Crevasse in Chamonix The 43-year-old woman […]

SnowBrains | August 27, 2020
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Avalanche Kills Irish Climber in Italian Alps | 4th Irishman to Die Mountaineering in a Week

A 40-year-old Irishman named Shay Casey was killed by an avalanche last Thursday, July 31st, 2014. He was climbing with 11 other climbers when the avalanche struck in the afternoon heat. The deceased man suffered major head and neck injures. He was swept 50 meters downhill […]

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SnowBrains | August 6, 2014
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