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Part of the 2018–19 North American winter. In late January 2019, a severe cold wave caused by a weakened jet stream around the Arctic polar vortex [5] hit the Midwestern United States and Eastern Canada, killing at least 22 people. [3] [4] It came after a winter storm brought up to 13 inches (33 cm) of snow in some regions from January 27 ...
Followed by. Racso and the Rats of NIMH. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is a 1971 children's science fiction/fantasy book by Robert C. O'Brien, with illustrations by Zena Bernstein. The novel was published by the Los Angeles publishing house Atheneum Books . This book was the winner of numerous awards including the 1972 Newbery Medal. [3]
Rain and snow mixed (American English) or sleet (Commonwealth English) is precipitation composed of a mixture of rain and partially melted snow.Unlike ice pellets, which are hard, and freezing rain, which is fluid until striking an object where it fully freezes, this precipitation is soft and translucent, but it contains some traces of ice crystals from partially fused snowflakes, also called ...
Wake Up Little Susie. " Wake Up Little Susie " is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957 . The song is best known in a recording by the Everly Brothers, [2] issued by Cadence Records as catalog number 1337. The Everly Brothers record reached No. 1 on the Billboard Pop chart and the Cash Box Best Selling ...
Cold-weather warfare, also known as arctic warfare or winter warfare, encompasses military operations affected by snow, ice, thawing conditions, or cold, both on land and at sea, as well as the strategies and tactics used by military forces in these situations and environments. Cold-weather conditions occur year-round at high elevation or ...
This is a list of characters appearing in the "Winnie-the-Pooh" books and other adaptations, including Disney's adaptations of the series.These stuffed animals are the ones that belonged to Christopher Robin Milne (with the exception of Roo, who was lost in the early 1930s), upon which the stories were based.
Le lagon gelé en 1709, by Gabriele Bella, part of a lagoon which froze over in 1709, Venice, Italy. The Great Frost, as it was known in England, or Le Grand Hiver ("The Great Winter"), as it was known in France, was an extraordinarily cold winter in Europe in 1708–1709, [1] and was the coldest European winter during the past 500 years. [2]
The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver) [note 1] is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France. The modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were ...